How dirty can the fruits you buy from a local grocery store or order online really be? According to a nutritionist – a lot. Here's how to actually clean them.

For instance, a food-grade wax is sprayed on apples to replace the natural wax washed away during the post-harvest cleaning process. Trace amounts of pesticides typically won't impact your health ...

Girl Scouts of the U.S. say their cookies are safe to eat despite a report that found heavy metals in some cookies. What do ...

Picking out produce at the grocery store used to be a basic task you could do without overthinking too much. Now, choosing ...

As the issue of independent review of the food industry’s GRAS declarations emerged, on another food safety issue Beyond ...

A woman in New York is suing Girl Scouts of the USA after a study allegedly found aluminum, arsenic, lead, and mercury and ...

The proposed class-action lawsuit cited a study that found Girl Scout cookies contained at least four of five heavy metals – ...

Speaking at the event, Dr Manuela Tiramani, Head of the Pesticides Peer Review Unit at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), explained that "while pesticides are regulated by EFSA ...

The nonprofit denied claims its cookies include metals, arguing some pesticides are found “nearly everywhere in the food ...