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...

A NSW Chinese restaurant has been fined $440 after a customer found a used band-aid in her laksa. The woman reported the sickening find to the NSW Food Authority who advised the Council of the Baulkham Hills restaurant. “I’m so upset. I feel like I have been violated,” said the woman who dined at...

Cleaning up with kitchen wipes can cut the chance of getting food poisoning by an astonishing 99.2 per cent. According to a recent study, using antibacterial wipes doesn’t just help get rid of the bacteria already lurking on a surface; it also provides an antibacterial coating that can continue to...

Leading dairy producer Parmalat has received a prevention notice from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after neighbours allegedly complained of putrid smells coming from the North Sydney factory. It was reported that the complaints related to Parmalat’s Lidcombe processing plant have been...