Here are some tips from the Department of Health (DOH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to avoid spoilage: Make sure ...

These pro tips from Southern chefs and the USDA will help you waste less and save more. If your grocery bill feels like it’s climbing quicker than a Taylor Swift song rising up the charts, know that ...

It feels like we haven't gone a week without some sort of enormous food recall coming from the Food and Drug Administration. And while the worst recalls in history are not limited to perishables, they ...

That’s how Binghamton University students Liam Charles, Ryan Brannigan, Emily Bridgeford, and Justin Havemeyer described their experience of participating in the inaugural Student and Faculty Research ...

We've already heard about so-called "microneedle patches" that are used for the painless and sustained release of medication through the skin. Now, MIT scientists have adapted the technology for the ...

Scientists have developed a packaging material that reads freshness in real time, giving a clearer picture of when food is starting to spoil. The wrapper’s tiny sensors track nutrients and ...

Fermentation and spoilage both involve microbes, but their outcomes are completely different. Fermentation is a controlled, beneficial process that makes food s ...

The role of microbial communities in food safety and spoilage has emerged as a critical area of research, with advances in genomics, metabolomics and systems biology providing profound insights into ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, more than 13.5 million American households have low or very low food security. That’s a lot of hungry families. At the same time, the USDA estimates ...

People have long wondered whether modern-day human corpses take longer to decompose due to the addition of preservatives in the food chain. The claim dates back to at least 1991, when an article was ...