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'Best Before Date: Is it Safe To Consume Food After 'Best Before' Date?

Generally, when you buy perfectly good food, some of it ends up in the garbage after you prematurely toss it due to confusing labels or thinking that it has been wasted.

By Shilpa Chakravorty

'Food Safety News: FDA Warns 3 Dairy Farms, 2 Food Importers

Recently, three dairy farms based in the United States, and two food importers received warning letters from the Food and Drug Administration.
'Chipotle to Close Stores on February 8 for Food Safety Meeting

The food chain is closing down all of their stores on February 8 to hold a national staff meeting on food safety. The company's 1,900 restaurants are expected to take part of the said meeting.
'USDA Claims Pesticide Level in Foods NOT A Threat

The annual Pesticide Data Program Report, which contains data from food samples collected in 2014, has revealed that food with low pesticide residue levels is safe and that it will not even pose a health risk to children or infants.
'Bad News for Chipotle: Studies Reveal Fresh Food Not As Healthy As It Seems

According to CNN Money's recent series Raw Ingredients, about half of 48 million illnesses in the US per year is caused due to contamination of sfresh produce.
'Eating Meditation: A New Trend to Lose Weight

A new trend in West Hollywood is giving us a new alternative way of losing those pounds. On the brink of making a New Year's resolution, some take to meditative eating as a means to enjoy food more and to worry less about dieting.
'5 Dangerous Food Fallacies and Practices

Celebrated author and TV personality Julia Child once joked: "Always remember: If you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick it up. Who's going to know?" Kitchen practices in relation to food health and safety, in truth, have been evolving. Microbial activities, including bacterial benefits and detriments, have been undergoing a huge amount of demystification. A number of practices and measures believed to be safe - even healthy - in the past have been proved otherwise. A few of these have been compiled by food microbiologist and Food Safety Information Council vice president Cathy Moir.
'Food Safety Alert: Startup Takes Testing Out of Chemistry Lab

iPhones have advanced so much that they are being used in a number of medical applications. All sorts of apps are now available from screening to managing one's disease, however, this innovation may be the most advanced yet.
'Avoid Getting Burned During Thanksgiving Prep, Experts Tell You How

As a matter of fact, the records from the National Fire Protection Association shows that in the year 2013, it was found that across the country, Thanksgiving Day has garnered the most number of cooking fires accidents having 1,550 cases of the said incident.
'Double-Dipping: Merely a Nasty Habit or a Food Safety Problem?

A research team from Clemson University came up with a series of experiments to discover what really happens when people double-dip.
'Mars Calls for Food Safety Collaboration with Its New Global Food Safety Center

The new Mars Global Food Safety Center is the hub for collaboration to ensure food quality around the world.
'KFC Hygiene: Chain Fined Over Live Beetles And Flies In UK, Over $5,000 To Pay For Food Safety Mishap

Months after that so-called Kentucky Fried Chicken fried rat became viral and then ended up being a hoax, there's a new KFC hygiene concern, this time in the United Kingdom, where one of the chain's venues was found to have beetles, posing a serious food safety risk.
'Hindustan Unilever Waits For FSSAI Approval To Resume Knorr Noodles Production

Hindustan Unilever Limited has ordered to stop its production and recalled the sales of Chinese range of 'Knorr' instant noodles from the market. The Indian consumer goods company is still waiting for the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India to approve their recent application.
'KFC China Food Scandal: Fried Chicken Chain SUES Defamers Saying KFC GMOs Have 6 Wings, 8 Legs

Following a major food safety scandal last year with one of their biggest providers in the region, KFC China is now standing up against those who defamed them last year, suing over spreading a series of rumors that were not only untrue but deeply damaging to the company's image.
'FDA Proposes U.S. Food Importers Take Responsibility For Foreign Suppliers Food Safety

Food and Drug Administration proposes new rules for importing food into the United States.