An Australian man set off a food poisoning scare when he called a radio station to report that his pork chops glowed in the dark. Health officials say the glow isn't dangerous - and that it's caused by a harmless bacteria known as pseudomonas fluorescens. They say the bacteria usually occurs when meat is starting to go bad.

This type of bacteria is naturally present in meat and fish but it multiplies quickly if food is not stored at the correct temperature. Health officials receive an average of two telephone calls a month about glowing meat, with consumers generally afraid that the meat is radioactive or has been irradiated

U.S. officials are taking steps to lift mad cow-related restrictions on Canadian cattle.

The Department of Agriculture says it plans to propose a rule in the next six to eight months, eliminating all remaining restrictions associated with the disease

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was asked on Tuesday to revoke its illegal acceptance of the use of carbon monoxide in case-ready meats.

The use of carbon monoxide creates an unnecessary risk of food poisoning by enabling meat and ground beef to remain fresh-looking when it may in actuality already be spoiled

A new study reveals adding garlic to your diet can aid breast cancer prevention. Despite its bad breath effect, garlic wards off carcinogens produced by cooking meat and other protein-rich foods at high temperatures.

Previous research has shown a connection between diets high in cooked protein-rich foods and a chemical called PhIP, a suspected carcinogen. Women who eat large quantities of meat have been shown to have higher incidences of breast cancer

Governement officials confirm a 48-year-old man died of bird flu in Thailand after eating a neighbor's infected chickens smuggled in from China.

More than 60 people have died of Avian flu since late 2003, all of them in Asia. This fatality is the first in Thailand in about a year. Most human cases have been linked to contact with sick birds, but health officials warn the virus could mutate into a form that can be easily passed between humans, possibly triggering a global pandemic