The role of government research agencies across the world is to provide their governments with evidence-based information to inform policy on issues of public interest such as food safety, climate change and healthcare.

BBC: Risks of placing scientists 'on message'

In recent decades Europeans have suffered a series of food safety setbacks that have roiled public opinion.

FORBES: Precaution Without Principle

Major producers may lose the echo-chamber debate in the short run, but convincing the public about food safety and the importance and healthy qualities of most processed foods is an endless marathon, not a sprint.

FORBES: The Politics of Obesity: Here Comes the NGO -- Media -- Class Action Bar Complex

Public anger over the incident hastened the passing of a food-safety law in 2009 which was intended to tighten standards, improve supervision and impose tougher penalties on violators.

ECONOMIST: Food safety in China

Companies are legally obliged to inform the FDA of such findings from their own testing, said Caroline Smith DeWaal, director of food safety for Center for Science in the Public Interest.

WSJ: Coke, Pepsi Attempt to Ease O.J. Fears

Washington (CNN) -- An entire class of statin drugs will get new labels that alert the public to safety concerns, the Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday.

CNN: Statin labels will come with new safety warnings