Biotech firm Lycotec has developed an ingredient that it claims can harness the health potential in both dark and milk chocolate and lead to products

Ohio health officials are currently investigating hundreds of cases of Shigella infection that have cropped up in the state this year.

Tests have found excessive amounts of bacteria in barreled water leading to health concerns in South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.

The health claims related to drinking raw milk have not been verified by scientific evidence, and therefore do not outweigh the potential health risks

European health authorities warned on Tuesday that two insecticides, including a widely-used chemical made by Bayer, may affect the developing human b

The country's top health authority wants to scrap or combine more than 1,400 food standards over the next two years to streamline food safety rules, a

Salmonella has been found in a health food powder, spurring product recalls in the United States and the launch of a multistate health investigation,

A case of BSE - commonly dubbed "mad cow disease" - has been found on a Scottish farm, though the isolated case posed no risk to human health, the dev

A weight loss product promoted as an appetite suppressant for weight loss was found to contain two undeclared potent chemicals that could pose serious

US-based company Swift Beef is recalling nearly 99,260lbs of raw ground beef products over possible contamination with E coli O157: H7 bacteria, accor