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THE US government has been urged to further tighten safeguards on meat and animal feed by an independent international panel, made up of five scientists from Europe, New Zealand and [...]

HONG Kong, China, Poland, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and South Korea are among 18 countries restricting US poultry imports, after four American states--Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas--discovered cases of a [...]

THE US Agriculture Research Service is investigating the extent to which grass-fed free range cattle produce meat that is leaner and more tender than beef from feed-lot fattened animals. Its [...]

CITIZENS in the US state of Ohio will not be able to sue food establishments they believe contributed to their ill health, if a new bill becomes law. A state [...]

ADVICE on the humane handling of livestock will be front and centre in a new website being launched next month by The American Meat Institute. For industry, it will provide [...]

THE NEW York Times is reporting that the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been pressuring its scientific experts to approve meat products not yet deemed safe. An unnamed senior [...]

A SMALL US brewer has had to cancel a campaign featuring the images of American explorers Lewis and Clark (NOTE--Chris, the Americans seem to only refer to these two by [...]

US researchers have discovered a way for corn producers to increase their crop's frost resistance by incorporating a tobacco gene. A team from Iowa State University's Plant Science Institute found [...]

SCIENTISTS at the US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) are trying to breed a more disease resistant honey bee by using recently created bee genomic data. One of the long-term goals [...]

WHILE genetic modification (GM) seems to have scored a public relations disaster regarding food crops, an attempt to garner some praise is being made in the emerging science of GM [...]

A NUMBER of major American drinks companies have signed up with online music operators in a flurry of cross-promotional activity following growing public awareness of the fact that illegal music [...]

A BILL has been proposed in the conservative US state of Utah, that would outlaw motorists from driving with children when they have a blood-alcohol level exceeding .02 per cent, [...]

THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could see its financial resources shrink under the recent Bush Administration annual draft budget. If Congress passes the proposal currently being discussed, total federal [...]

WHILE genetic modification (GM) seems to have scored a public relations disaster in the area of food, many health advocates are putting support behind the emerging area of GM insects. [...]

AN ORGANISATION representing 50,000 environmental health professionals in the USA is calling for a moratorium on opening what it calls Concentrated Animal Feed Operations (CAFOs)--factory farms--alleging they spread disease. The [...]

THE RECENT announcement of an investigation of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company by US security regulators can be traced to faulty implementation of new accounting software, says the company. The [...]

AMERICA should triple its air capacity to adapt to changes in the next 15 to 20 years, says the US Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta. He said immediate expansions [...]

THE US Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is trying to breed a better honey bee by using recently created bee genomic data. The ARS is identifying specific genes that boost honey [...]

THE US Sarbanes-Oxley Act has netted its first company, a small-town Virginia bank holding firm Cardinal Bankshares, ordered to hire back its chief financial officer. It sacked David Welch after [...]

US shipyard company First Wave Marine has settled a dispute with Malaysian drilling rig owner Crest Petroleum Bhd. In 2002, First Wave subsidiary Newpark Shipbuilding had been contracted to convert [...]

A FORMER executive for American athletic footwear company Converse has been charged with conspiracy. The US Department of Justice claims Steven G. Dodge, former vice president of the company's US [...]

POLAND has called for formal talks with China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), because of concerns that its local footwear industry is being damaged by cheap Chinese imports. In [...]

A UNITED States Department of Energy scientist has developed a process (using a metal catalyst, nitrogen, methanol, and water) that could extend the life of the catalysts that make fuel [...]

CANADIAN tax auditors will try recover up to CDN$1 billion (GBPounds 430 million) from the JTI-Macdonald Corporation of Toronto. The province of Quebec says the company owes it unpaid taxes [...]

THE NATIONAL Cattlemen's Beef Association last week finally launched a postponed US advertisement campaign (Jan 26). The US$3 million worth of adverts, had been scheduled to run from January 12, [...]

AFTER a two-week delay caused by the BSE outbreak in the USA, an American beef lobby group yesterday (Jan 26) finally launched a national ad campaign. The US$3 million in [...]

WHILE approximately 32 million Americans are currently following low-carb diet plans, many scientists are not convinced the trend is safe. A new study, appearing in the Asia Pacific Journal of [...]

AN ORGANISATION representing 50,000 public health professionals is calling for a moratorium on new 'concentrated animal feed operations'--factory farms--in the USA. The American Public Health Association has cited drinking water [...]

AN ELECTRONICS recycling partnership has been launched in the US. The Environmental Protection Agency, retail giant Staples and the Product Stewardship Institute have convinced nine major electronics manufacturers, including Apple [...]

THE OFFICE International des Epizooties (OIE) has intensified calls for beef importing countries to refrain from over-reacting to BSE outbreaks. Looking at the recent USA infection, the OIE said it [...]

AMERICAN organisations representing retailers and apparel importers have released a study claiming that the impending January 2005 demise of the country's clothing import quotas was a 'well founded' proposition. The [...]

DESPITE the political rhetoric that labels it 'jackpot justice', the average US class-action award has been holding steady, says a recent study by two law school professors. Cornell University's Theodore [...]

MANY key players in the US drinks industry have been trying to crash the low-carb party currently making aspects of the country's food industry giddy with sales. The drinks producers [...]

A LAW allowing insurance companies to levy premium surcharges on first-time drivers and motorists who have previously driven without coverage, has been struck down by a California court. A Los [...]

CALIFORNIA wine industry seems to be perking up after a three-year slump, claims Nat DiBuduo, president of Allied Grape Growers, a key California grape marketing cooperative. The industry's earlier increases [...]

THERE is a two-word prefix that seems to be coming out of every American food manufacturer's new-product department: Low-Carb. The US is fighting an obesity problem. A staggering (in some [...]

Canadian beverage manufacturers have decided to pull soft drinks from school vending machines, according to Refreshments Canada. The trade group announced that next September, water and 100% fruit juices will [...]

GAP Inc has joined a group of American corporations that have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The clothing retailer, which also owns the Banana Republic and Old Navy brands, [...]

WANT to find a healthy US airport meal? Fly through Denver. That city's airport has been voted tops for providing healthy meals by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, which [...]

NAT DiBuduo is finally getting calls from buyers after four years as president of Allied Grape Growers, a California grape marketing cooperative. Those calls, along with a few other factors, [...]

FEWER air travellers will have to take off their shoes for US airport security screeners. Those who set off metal detectors will now be given a second chance, after they [...]

PATRICK Graham has been elected chairman of the 2004 Board of Directors of Airports Council International-North America (ACI-NA). Graham, who will oversee a 22-member board, is executive director of the [...]

AN AMERICAN company is offering reserved parking spots within five minutes of airports. Airport Parking Reservations, which offers 24-hour service and a shuttle to the terminal, is now operating outside [...]

HEAVYWEIGHT cargo specialists, Emery Worldwide Airlines, has been sentenced for violating America's Hazardous Material Transportation Act. The company admitted that on 12 occasions it failed to provide proper notice to [...]

THE UNITED States government has integrated information on all its consumer product recalls onto one central website, offering a convenient service to retailers. The Consumer Product Safety Commission has launched [...]

A MAJOR American catering firm announced it will switch to using only antibiotic-free chickens in its meals starting in June. Bon Appetit Management, which runs nearly 150 US university cafeterias, [...]

A US jury has refused to wholly blame Brown & Williamson and Philip Morris for a rare laryngeal cancer suffered by Michael S. Thompson, 52, who alleged his illness was [...]

PHILIP Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and US Smokeless Tobacco will remove adverts from classroom editions of US News and World Report, Time and Newsweek. In June, the [...]

A REPORT from an influential legislative committee in a big USA state has called on its governor to ignore standard American free marketeering and investigate whether 'state grocery stores' should [...]

US coal-burning power plants will need to make some steep emission cuts, assuming an anti-pollution plan being laid out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) passes. The EPA's proposal, [...]