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Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel is warning consumers against buying imported white onions, following the recent seizure of smuggled onions that tested positive for salmonella and heavy metals. "If possible, please don’t buy imported onions because they may be...

A Balik scientist and inventor of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Dr. Homer Pantua, raised concerns about the increasing cases of Salmonella in the Philippines — a bacteria affecting both humans and animals. Photo from Pixabay In an interview on PTV on Monday, March 4, he defined...

FROZEN EGGS— As the price of eggs continues to go up, a vendor sells frozen eggs at a cheaper price at an egg stall in Mega Q-Mart in Quezon City on Jan. 30, 2023. (Mark Balmores/ MB PHOTO) The Department of Health (DOH) has issued a warning against the purchase and consumption of frozen eggs as...

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Production has been halted in the world's biggest chocolate plant, run by Swiss giant Barry Callebaut in the Belgian town of Wieze, after salmonella contaminations was found, the firm said Thursday. This file photograph taken on July 8, 2013, shows hot chocolate before being...