Restaurants fined over cockroach infestations in Australia Pizza restaurant fined $60,000 after a council inspection found it was infested with cockroaches

Kingston Woolworths Minced Heart Smart Beef recalled in Australia Plastic pieces may have contaminated the minced meat product

Australian company recalls Sunfield Carrot Bar and Sunfield Date Bar The label does not declare the allergens walnuts and almonds

Australia lifts nine-year mad-cow disease ban Ban on imports of beef from countries where cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy has occurred was lifted in Australia

Animal welfare body defies farmers on pig code in New Zealand Draft code proposes limiting pig farmers use of farrowing crates and use of dry sow stalls

Ninety-nine people get typhoid in Fiji outbreak Health ministry suspects contaminated water to be the source in one area and food in the other areas

New Zealand Food Safety Authority launches National Lunchbox Day Event highlights lunchbox food safety practices

New Zealand residents call for more genetically modified rules Rodney residents want more regulations on field trialing of any genetically modified plants and animals in the region

Food outlets fail health inspections in New Zealand Hygiene practices of five food outlets in East Manukau could give their customers anything from mild queasiness to full blown food poisoning