To respond to mounting criticism without a budget increase, the FDA has tried a band-aid approach: On May 1, the agency created a new food-safety oversight position, naming its chief medical officer, David Acheson, the agency's first assistant commissioner for food protection. To respond to mounting criticism without a budget increase, the FDA has tried a band-aid approach: On May 1, the agency created a new food-safety oversight position, naming its chief medical officer, David Acheson,...

Major problems include low import tariffs and the "dumping" in South Africa of cheap agricultural products from rich countries where farmers are heavily subsidised. SOUTH African agriculture is balanced on a knife-edge, and without strong government intervention, the sector could reach a point where the country loses its food security and the economy is undermined. Members of organised agriculture met President Thabo Mbeki recently to appeal to him to ensure that the country's agricultural...

The pet food has been blamed for the deaths of thousands of pets, according to unconfirmed reports that pet owners have made to the FDA. Food and Drug Administration has linked poisoned ingredients from China to a massive recall of pet food and animal feed in the past two months. Zheng's former agency announced plans this week to blacklist food producers who violate rules and to keep their products off the market. The sentence, announced by state media, comes as China is under growing...

Some even feed them like members of the family with homemade food. But the recent pet food contamination has drawn attention to just what may be in that dog bowl. Whittaker's 12-year-old Norwegian elk hound lives on a diet of home-prepared food and food that mimics homemade food. Whittaker said a dog's diet should be similar to a natural diet the animal would eat in the wild, which would consist of meat and bone, organ meat, vegetables and a source of fat. But some vets say homemade food...

Although it is in its early stages, the idea is to replace harvesting meat from livestock with a process that eliminates the need for animal feed, transport, land use and the methane expelled by animals, which all hurt the environment, he said. UTRECHT, The Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch researchers are trying to grow pork meat in a laboratory with the goal of feeding millions without the need to raise and slaughter animals. Developed nations are expected to consume an average of 43 kg per...