As a type of pesticide, biopesticides, of course, are supposed to kill bugs, or, preferably, keep them off crops, by using natural, organic methods, i

The Chemical Review Committee (CRC , a subsidiary body of the Rotterdam Convention, recommended international trade measures for four additional chemi

Maruha Nichiro Holdings Inc.’s frozen foods unit said it is cutting production at a factory in Yubari, Hokkaido, as consumers shun its brands followin

This year, farmers in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang are preparing the shipment of 400 tonnes of Lo Ren star apples to the US.

Following a regulatory change earlier this year, persimmons grown in Japan will go on sale in Australia this month for the first time, the Sydney offi

The latest available Europe-wide testing programme of pesticides in food has found that over 97% of samples contained residue levels that fall within

The European Union added a pesticide made by German chemical firm BASF to its blacklist of substances suspected of playing a role in declining bee pop

The tragic incident in Bihar, India, where 23 school children died after eating a school meal contaminated with monocrotophos, is an important reminde

On August 16, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Peer review of the pesticide risk assessment of the active substance pinoxaden.

According to Article 12 of Regulation (EC No 396/2005, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA has reviewed the Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs curre