The potentially deadly E. coli bacteria strain that prompted the closing of Hudson Foods Inc.’s ground beef plant earlier this month can be eliminated from beef carcasses treated in a steam cabinet ...

Part I in a two-part series on food irradiation, with a focus on the science behind the technology. With summer underway, barbeque season is in full swing. For some, that means a fresh salad, for ...

When you're talking about almonds, "raw" may not mean what you think. All California almonds — which would be virtually all the almonds in the country — are either heat-pasteurized or treated with a ...

Like generals huddled in a war room, food industry executives are evaluating their arsenals in search of weaponry to counter the microbial mayhem visited on Americans in a spate of high-profile food ...