A research report on consumer food waste drivers.  Food waste is often portrayed as an issue which can easily be corrected, but from the con...

Sous vide cooking is gaining in popularity among consumers.  Sous vide is essentially cooking food in a sealed bag at low cooking temperatur...

During Super Bowl Sunday, people will eat approximately 1.3 billion chicken wings.  Food service outlets such as Buffalo Wild Wings and Wing...

EpiPens, those self-given injection needles to prevent allergic reactions, have gone up in price to over $600 for a set of pens..  Even with...

A collaboration of industry associations sponsored Deloitte to conduct a survey on consumer food purchasing trends, and now, the report from...

Backyard chickens...there is an increasing trend for towns to allow for backyard chickens.  Even State College, PA permits people to have ba...

A recent study looked at the human and bacterial diversity that exists on NYC subways.  The study, Geospatial Resolution of Human and Bacter...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released its determination that 400 mg/day of caffeine is safe for the healthy adult. According t...

A published study claims a link between lower IQ levels in children with higher levels of phthalates in their mothers during pregnancy.  But...

In a study to be published in the journal, Management Science, researchers concluded that people are willing to forgo the results of a poor ...

A study in Food Protection Trends found that people cooking chicken 1) did not wash their hands before serving or after handling raw chicken...

A study on cleanliness of used handtowels published in Food Protection Trends shows that about 1/4 of the used hand towels collected from ov...

With the endless parade of snowstorms hitting the northeast, it is always great to look for something creative to do with the snow.  Well, h...

November 22, 2013   UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Food-safety specialists with Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences annually issue...

Penn State News - November 20, 2013 http://news.psu.edu/story/295976/2013/11/20/dont-overlook-safe-turkey-handling-practices-happy-holiday ...

A newly released “study”, the 2013 NSF International Household Germ Study, has sparked some media attention. http://www.nsf.org/business/...

Here is a study just released in Food Protection Trends. The study shows that grocery carts are a bit unsanitary as indicated by the presen...

Perhaps you have seen the latest food safety news to hit the mass media - antibiotic resistant bacterial pathogens in pork. Is there need t...

Interesting story in USAToday on the high number of product recalls and the impact on consumers.  Last year there were 2,363 product recall...

From our informal polling, we know that most people do not use a thermometer when cooking burgers - either poultry, beef, or pork (also...