A study has cautioned consumers against vacuum-packed foods like cheeses and lunchmeat, as they can be a friendly home for bugs and bacteria that cause food poisoning.

Research shows that such vacuum-packed foods do not have oxygen in them to help keep them fresh and boost their shelf life. The condition can harbor Listeria monocytogenes, a bacterium responsible for a kind of food poisoning that kills 25 percent of the people it infects

After finding no detectable amounts of melamine in farmed fish, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it is safe to be eaten. FDA earlier suspected that the fish might be contaminated with imported Chinese ingredients and kept the fish off the market until the tests could be completed.

Giving a clear chit to the fish, Dr. David Acheson, assistant commissioner for food protection, said test performed on fish being raised at Kona Blue in Hawaii and American Gold Seafoods in Washington state were found negative for the chemical melamine

Chinese authorities have detained the general manager of a company linked to the contaminated wheat gluten sold to pet food makers in the U.S., according to a news report.

The general manager, Mao Lijun, is being held in the coastal province of Jiangsu about 320 miles northwest of Shanghai, the New York Times reports

Recent study results indicate a link between eating cured meat and incidence of lung disease.

The human study conducted by an associate research scientist, Dr. Rui Jiang from Columbia University in New York, found a statistical link between eating a diet rich in cured meats (hot dogs, deli meats and bacon) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Canadians are eating an "unhealthy" amount of salt in their diets, according to s Statistics Canada study, with most adults pumping far more salt into their diets than they need.

A supposed "healthy" amount of salt for those over 14 should not exceed 2,300 milligrams a day based on the U.S.-based Institute of Medicine data, but everyday 85 per cent of Canadian men and 60 per cent of women overstep the limit by about a salt packet, which isn't good