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Food Safety

  • Wednesday, 4 March, 2026
    Brexit
    Lorries with unsafe meat imports skip border checks, UK government says

    Data provided to Commons committee highlights major flaw in post-Brexit inspection regime

    A sign for the inland border facility at Sevington, near Ashford, Kent
  • Thursday, 19 February, 2026
    Food & Beverage
    Nando’s and KFC among 8 UK restaurant chains to drop chicken welfare pledge

    Food retailers blame supply constraints on withdrawal from commitment to source slower-growing breeds

    Front view of a Nando's restaurant with large glass windows, red neon Nando's signs and visible interior lighting and decor
  • Tuesday, 10 February, 2026
    Health
    Obesity linked to 70% higher chance of contracting serious infectious disease

    Lancet study shows that being very overweight runs risk of hospitalisation from diseases including flu and pneumonia

    An illustration showing the internal structure of an influenza virus, with RNA genome in blue, capsid, and glycoproteins on the surface.
  • Monday, 2 February, 2026
    FT News Briefing podcast12 min listen
    What would Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve look like?

    US President Donald Trump’s pick to head up the central bank has called for a sweeping overhaul of the institution

  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    European companies
    Nestlé and Danone hit by backlash over contaminated baby formula

    Toxin traced to Wuhan laboratory has led to product recall and growing crisis for consumer groups

    A baby drinks from a bottle while sitting in a high chair, wearing a striped bib.
  • Monday, 20 October, 2025
    Food diet
    Early peanut exposure found to cut food allergy risks

    Results in US study offer striking evidence of life-saving effects of medical guidelines introduced in past decade

    US guidelines launched by leading medical organisations in 2015 and expanded in 2017 recommended early peanut exposure for infants
  • Tuesday, 17 June, 2025
    Food & Beverage
    Kraft Heinz to strip artificial dyes from Jell-O and Kool-Aid

    Food group makes US pledge to remove synthetic colours a year later than Trump administration goal

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  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Agriculture
    How milk got its mojo back

    The dairy industry’s efforts to woo customers away from plant products are a masterclass in corporate survival tactics

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    Dairy cows
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    UK trade
    US targets Britain’s pork, poultry and seafood markets

    Agricultural sectors are ‘front of the line’ in ongoing trade talks, says Trump’s agriculture secretary

    Pigs crowded together in a pen on a farm
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Environment
    EU food safety chief warns of bird flu threat to pigs

    Europe’s swine herds could become a ‘dangerous virus laboratory’, Bernhard Url says

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  • Monday, 24 March, 2025
    Medical science
    UK detects bird flu in sheep for the first time

    Authorities play down risks to livestock but urge precautions to avoid mass outbreaks seen in US

    A close-up image of a sheep’s face
  • Sunday, 16 February, 2025
    EU trade
    EU plans Trump-style import ban on food

    Brussels wants to block farm products containing prohibited pesticides

    A combine harvester unloads soyabeans into a grain cart during a harvest in Pace, Mississippi, US
  • Wednesday, 12 February, 2025
    US inflation
    US egg prices soar as avian flu rips across farms

    Wholesale prices have doubled over the past year as culls to stop spread of virus prompt shortages and rationing

    Eggs at a supermarket in Monterey Park, California
  • Tuesday, 4 February, 2025
    Disease control and prevention
    UK slow to stop meat imports after German disease outbreak, experts say

    MPs told belated response to foot-and-mouth cases in Europe was because of failings in post-Brexit border regime

    Trucks arriving at the Sevington border facility in Kent
  • Tuesday, 14 January, 2025
    Disease control and prevention
    UK bans meat imports from Germany after foot-and-mouth outbreak

    Government says there are no cases in Britain as it vows to do ‘whatever it takes’ to protect farmers

    A warning sign at a farm in Germany
  • Tuesday, 10 December, 2024
    Medical science
    Scientists find potential link between ultra-processed foods and cancer

    Fatty molecules also found in UPFs seen at high levels in colorectal tumours

    A University of South Florida researcher working in a lab
  • Friday, 25 October, 2024
    Global trade
    Chinese imports damage ‘dignity’ of Italian tomato, says Mutti chief

    Boss of tomato sauce group urges Brussels to protect farmers hit by ‘unfair’ competition from China’s Xinjiang region

    An aerial view shows a tractor harvesting tomatoes
  • Thursday, 24 October, 2024
    McDonald's Corp
    Lex. A food safety crisis is the last thing McDonald’s needs on its menu

    Fast-food chain may be able to contain outbreak quickly but the risk is it will have already deterred inflation-weary diners

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    A Quarter Pounder with fries at a McDonald’s restaurant in El Sobrante, California
  • Wednesday, 23 October, 2024
    McDonald's Corp
    McDonald’s hit as Quarter Pounders tied to US E. coli outbreak

    Fast-food chain withdraws signature burger from four states after 49 infections and one death

    A US flag flies behind the golden arches of a McDonald’s restaurant in La Vista, Nebraska
  • Saturday, 12 October, 2024
    Pollution
    UK food safety watchdog to probe lead levels near abandoned mines

    Risk assessment by Food Standards Agency comes after FT investigation into impact of toxic metal

    A ruined building at the site of an old lead mine in Cwmystwyth, central Wales
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Antibiotic resistance
    Investors step up calls to cut use of antibiotics in food chain

    Groups managing more than $13tn cite ‘economic imperative’ of finding ways to reduce superbugs’ spread

    Dairy cows in pens
  • Thursday, 11 July, 2024
    Chinese politics & policy
    China probes claims that cooking oil was hauled in unwashed fuel tankers

    Latest food safety scandal erupts over allegations of mixing toxic and edible liquids

    Shoppers peruse cooking oil at a supermarket in Beijing
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    EU secures 40mn doses of bird flu vaccine as cases rise

    Health authorities move to protect farmworkers and other high-risk groups after recent outbreaks

    Montage of test tubes labelled ‘Bird Flu’ in front of an EU flag
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Disease control and prevention
    Bird flu outbreak in US cattle sparks fears over next global health crisis

    While pandemic risk is low, scientists say urgent investigations into the virus are necessary

  • Monday, 18 March, 2024
    Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
    Reckitt chief vows to overturn baby formula verdict

    Kris Licht says consumer group will take ‘all steps available’ to challenge jury verdict that Enfamil product caused death of infant

    Enfamil baby formula
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