Food contaminants and adulterants fall under many categories, all with significant potential to adversely affect brands, profits, and health

Researchers caution that their findings are not generalizable—given the small sample size—but they say the methods give school lunch programs and parents potential tools to help children eat more nutritious meals at school

Over the seven years, 60 graduate students and 35 post-doctoral fellows will be trained at the center, and four or five new faculty positions will be created

“Very few studies have examined the Paleo diet in seemingly healthy participants," researcher says

Eating foods high in added sugars throughout childhood is linked to the development of risk factors for heart disease

Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have issued a warning to master gardeners throughout the state that the tomato leafminer "will eventually establish in California, where it is likely to become a serious threat to tomato production"

“While food AGEs are prevalent, particularly in Western diets, our study showed that avoiding foods high in AGEs could actually reverse the damage that had been done,” said researcher

Palatability ratings also showed the high protein pasta was less tasty and less pleasant than the other two pastas

For the study, a consortium of international researchers contributed strains of T. gondii from more than a dozen countries spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia

Microbes with the potential to cause disease are destroyed during milk pasteurization, but not all bacteria and their associated enzymes are eliminated by that process