Charlie Sheen has been rushed to hospital this week suffering severe food poisoning after eating dodgy clams. Around 11pm on Monday night the 49 year-old actor reportedly called an ambulance to his Los Angeles home after falling sick from eating a take-away seafood pasta meal. Despite sources...

Supermarket giant Woolworths has denied responsibility for a Queensland couple who were left dry-reaching and distressed after finding maggots in their dinner. Ffion Veselinovic reportedly told The Courier Mail she was just sitting down to eat when she saw her husband, Shaun, staring at maggots...

Big changes are on the way regarding the kinds of nutritional and health claims allowed to be displayed on food labels. Just because a muesli bar has 5 sparkly stars printed on it, does not guarantee that it has any actual benefits and the new standards will come down hard on manufacturers who...

New data suggests that restaurants in Queensland’s Moreton region are cleaner and less likely to give you food poisoning than their Brisbane counterparts. Restaurants in Brisbane received almost half a million dollars in fines for various food safety breaches last year and were responsible for...

A new study has found that cruise ships really are the perfect environments for foodborne illnesses to thrive. With so many people in such close confines, bacteria and other harmful contagions are quickly and easily able to spread from person to person. The study commissioned by independent...

Nestlé are rushing to assure consumers that their Maggi noodle products are safe to eat after rumours that they contain unsafe and harmful ingredients have been running rampant. Tests, which were carried out on samples from Uttar Pradesh in India, revealed the noodles contained far higher amounts...

According to a survey of around 2000 travellers Spain is the food poisoning capital of the world. The European country surprisingly rated higher than the likes of Thailand and India, which are arguably more notorious for making tourists sick. Turkey and Egypt follow closely behind Spain as the...

This year’s Australian Food Allergy Week is well underway and the NSW Food Authority has used the opportunity to remind all those in the food industry that they are responsible for taking all necessary precautions when it comes to food allergies. Polly Bennett, CEO of the NSW Food Authority,...

A pregnant NSW woman has reportedly made a gruesome discovery when she took a bite of a Krispy Kreme doughnut only to find a cigarette butt cooked into the centre. A friend of the horrified woman took to social media about the shocking find and posted pictures of the alleged incident on the...

Kraft Foods Group has recently announced that it is making a huge change the recipe of its iconic Macaroni and Cheese products. Taking a step away from synthetic ingredients, Mac & Cheese will no longer be made using artificial colours or preservatives. The company has announced that to achieve...