If you have ordered lamb or mutton for hotpot in Shanghai over the last four years, you might have been served rat, fox or mink, the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday.
“Since 2009, the suspect, surnamed Wei, has bought foxes, minks, rats and other uninspected meat products in Shandong,” the More…
Scientists have found traces of human tissue in meat meant for public consumption, but this poses “no threat” to the consumers who eat it.
It has also been found that only 15% of meat being sold has been correctly labelled, which means 85% of the meat in the market is questionable. The findings were
The horse meat controversy spread further yesterday and is now a pan-European issue and evidence is mounting that widespread fraud across the food sector is behind the crisis.
The French Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed that it has launched an investigation into how horse meat ended up in beef meals produced by the French
The average price of ground beef hit a record high in the United States in July, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The BLS has been tracking the average price of a pound of 100% ground beef since 1984. In July, it cost $3.085, up
“Feds should rule out GM food animals,” citizens’ group urges
Ottawa, April 2, 2012 – Today, the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network (CBAN) welcomed reports that the University of Guelph, the Canadian university that developed the controversial genetically modified (GM) pig called “Enviropig,” is closing down its active research on what could have become
Meat made in a petri dish is apparently a real thing.
In what appears to be the culinary world’s latest interpretation of Mary Shelley, scientists have already solved the riddle of making animal flesh in a lab, and are now figuring out how to sell it profitably, according to
The move towards artificially engineered foods has taken a step forward after scientists grew a form of meat in a laboratory for the first time.
Researchers in the Netherlands have created what was described as soggy pork and are now investigating ways to improve the muscle tissue in the hope that people will one day