Food safety is a scientific discipline describing the handling, preparation, and storage of food in ways that prevent foodborne illness. This includes a number of routines that should be followed to avoid potentially severe health hazards. Food can transmit disease from person to person as well as serve as a growth medium for bacteria that can cause food poisoning. In developed countries there are intricate standards for food preparation, whereas in lesser developed countries the main issue is simply the availability of adequate safe water, which is usually a critical item.

More than 13 months before the Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology reported that Viagra had been linked to a rare form of blindness, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) safety officer reported the same findings, based on monitoring the agency's adverse event reporting system.

New research reveals serious flaws in the science behind genetic engineering. The findings published in a leading science journal come just as some Australian states are thinking about lifting bans on genetically engineered (GE) food crops. Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) assesses the safety of GE foods, but is GE food safe for humans?

The Wall Street Journal is reporting this morning that Coca-Cola and Cargill are working on a new sweetener, code-named rebiana. Rebiana is derived from stevia, which is a South American herb. NetSweat.com Comments: With both new food additives and medicines, it can take a few years before the full safety is known.

Two years after the release of the first GM plant, the FLAVR - SAVR tomato in the USA in 1995, there was still not a single publication in peer-reviewed journals probing into the safety of GM foods.

Editors at a major medical journal and members of a drug-safety advisory panel joined calls on Monday for major changes to improve the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's oversight of medicines on the market.