WASHINGTON: Low-calorie foods and drinks that aim at curbing weight problems among children may inadvertently lead to overeating and obesity, says an animal study.

Correctly identifying a bacterium commonly found in a variety of fruit and vegetable juices can be tricky. Indeed, some testing methods often yield false negative results.

Ottawa, Canada - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-food and Minister Responsible for the Canadian Wheat Board announced today new regulatory controls to prevent the introduction of light brown apple moth (LBAM) to Canada from California and other regions of the world where LBAM is found.

FDA has completed its review concerning the long-term carcinogenicity study of aspartame entitled, "Long-Term Carcinogenicity Bioassays to Evaluate the Potential Biological Effects, in Particular Carcinogenic, of Aspartame Administered in Feed to Sprague-Dawley Rats," conducted by the European Ramazzini Foundation (ERF), located in Bologna, Italy.

A naturally occurring compound found in many fruits and vegetables as well as red wine, selectively kills leukemia cells in culture while showing no discernible toxicity against healthy cells, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising livestock producers across Canada not to use chemically-treated wood structures near livestock feed or food-producing animals because they can transfer potentially harmful levels of chemicals into animal products, such as meat, milk and eggs.

16 January 2007, Rome - A large group of nations whose fishing fleets regularly ply the waters of the Mediterranean have agreed upon a series of new measures aimed at conserving the region's fish stocks, FAO said today.