A U.S. district court issued Tuesday a temporary injunction stopping a New Zealander and a Texan from sending billions of spam e-mails to sell their bogus male-enhancement and other prescription drugs.

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois also froze the assets of four companies owned by Lance Atkinson, a New Zealand citizen living in Australia, and Jody Smith of Texas, in response to the petition of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

After the melanine milk scare that has killed four children and sickened thousands of others in China, officials in three US states have asked baby bottle manufacturers to stop using the BPA chemical in their products.

The states of Connecticut, New Jersey and Delaware have sent letters to 11 baby bottle manufacturers and formula makers asking that they avoid using BPA

An American company is partnering with a Danish company to develop and market new soy proteins with better flavor, solubility and nutritional benefits.

St. Louis-based Solae develops is partnering with Copenhagen, Denmark-based Novozymes in the venture

Scientists from the Institute of Food Research in the U.K. may have found an explanation for the healthier bodies of people who eat regularly fruits and vegetables. A fragment of pectin, found in both veggies and fruits, binds to and likely inhibits galectin 3, a protein that has a major role in all stages of the spread of cancer.

Professor Vic Morris of the IFR said claims of anti-cancer effects of food are based on population studies. To go beyond it, the institute tried a molecular mechanism and proved it was viable. He explained, quoted by the U.K. Telegraph, "The treatments used by the food industry to modify pectin would emphasize the release of the fragments we've identified

Maple Leaf Foods plans to use sodium diacetate as a preservative at its food production plant. The additive, when combined with sodium lactate, stops the growth of listeria monocytogenes.

It was the deadly bacteria that almost caused the collapse of the 100-year old food firm as 20 deaths have been attributed to listeria found in various cold cut products of Maple Leaf