As millions of Americans fill their plates with protein-rich steak and burgers rather than carb-heavy pasta or potatoes, researchers are reporting the strongest evidence yet that eating a lot of red meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer.

Vegetables, whole grains, regular exercise and calorie control all take center stage in new nutritional guidelines that will influence everything from what is served in school lunches to what is stocked on supermarket shelves.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced that Canada's national surveillance program has detected bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in an Alberta beef cow just under seven years of age.

British lawyers are set to go to the European Court of Justice in a bid to overturn a controversial proposed EU directive

To meet public health standards and ensure the safety of infants and developing fetuses, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Action Level for mercury in commercial fish should be reduced from 1,000 parts per billion, according to a Purdue University study.

Hard-drinkers -- men who consume an average of three or more alcoholic beverages a day -- are greater than 40% more likely than nondrinkers to suffer a stroke from a blood clot, according to a long-term study.

CoolBrands International Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the yogurt business of Kraft Foods Inc. for approximately $59 million.

Allied Domecq Spirits, North America, announces the appointment of Rob Warren as senior vice president, national accounts.

Cott Corporation announced the resignation of Paul Richardson, executive vice president of global sourcing.

Data published in a recent issue of Cancer Research reported that researchers at Texas A&M University, using GE Healthcare's CodeLink microarrays, have identified key changes in gene expression that provide an improved understanding of how dietary fat composition affects the initiation and promotional stages of tumor development in the colon.