Rats sold as lamb, poisonous bottled water, repackaging rotting meat and storm-drain cooking oil are just some of the recent scandals that have forced China to finally overhaul the country’s food safety laws. These shocking cases are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the food safety...

Hogs Breath, well known for having a wide and varied menu, now even include the kitchen sink in their latest offerings! That’s according to a Brisbane customer who discovered a sink plug in her salad last weekend. The horrified customer posted a picture of the image on the Aspley restaurant’s ...

What’s worse than finding a cockroach in your Big Mac? Finding a half eaten cockroach in your Big Mac. That’s the unfortunate situation that Annah Sophia Stevenson from Blenheim, New Zealand, allegedly found herself in last weekend. Ms Stevenson says that she was eating the McDonalds burger at...

Patties frozen berries, analysed in viral and bacterial testing run by the company, have come back negative for both the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) and E.coli. In a report releases by Patties, both recalled and non-recalled samples of Nanna’s berries showed no traces of the contaminators linked to...

Dangerous bacteria, responsible for countless food poisoning cases around Australia, has been found on more than half of the raw chicken tested by Channel Nine’s A Current Affair (ACA). As an affordable and versatile source of protein, chicken might be a great option for a meal, however it might...

A new initiative has been introduced in Brisbane aimed at persuading shoppers to buy local produce. The Brisbane’s Produce Market is supporting the new campaign that claims buying fresh local fruits, vegetables and other foods not only helps the local farmers but also benefits the consumer. ...

The importance of worldwide food safety was highlighted this week when the World Health Organisation (WHO) made it their annual focus for World Health Day. It comes hot the heels of new statistics released that show the high level of harmful threats posed by unsafe food all around the world. The...

A Queensland coroner has found that the deaths of an Australian mother and daughter on holiday in Bali were caused by a severe allergic reaction. Yvana Bischoff and her mother Noelene died early last year just 24 hours after arriving in Bali. The pair were enthusiastic and experienced travellers...

Three young children were part of a family rushed to hospital after being served hot chocolate which had expired 25 years earlier. Two siblings and a friend, all aged between 8 and 12, were in Italy visiting grandparents when the incident took place. The local health authority reported the...

A woman in Queensland got more than she had bargained for out of her Woolworths purchase this month, when she found a snake sleeping in her bag of potatoes. Lewina Stewart from Toowoomba, Queensland, noticed the unwelcome visitor among her vegetables as she was preparing to make a meal.She...