Some bans on food products from Fukushima Daiichi remain 10 years after nuclear disaster
After the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster, 54 different countries around the globe implemented restriction measures to control Japanese food products that were made in prefectures near Fukushima. Af [...]
Pregnancy diet: dairy products and vegetable sprouts identified as potentially dangerous foods in New Zealand
The government of New Zealand recently declared dairy products and sprouts key food poisoning risks for pregnant women, based on the latest report from the New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) depa [...]
EFSA has been accused of overlooking low-dosage effects of chemicals
The recent EFSA Scientific Committee Opinion draft on the biological plausibility of non-monotonic dose responses (NMDR) and their impact on risk assessment has been characterized as “inaccurate” by the Endocrine Society, a glob [...]
Validation and Verification: the ISO 16140 scheme to choose the best method for your microbiological laboratory
Laboratory managers can choose between plate-based reference methods or proprietary methods. Faster but often more expensive, how can we be sure proprietary methods meet or exceed reference [...]
Do standards protect the olive oil consumer?
A complex interrelationship of global, regional, national, and private trade and analytical standards for olive oil and olive oil grading provides assurance at every step from tree to consumer. IntroductionOlive oil is an ancient food oil with a long hist [...]
The difference between Russian and Codex/EU/Chinese maximum levels for chemical substances in food of animal origin
The list of regulated chemical substances is different, the maxium allowed concentrations are sometimes different and in each country or Federation there are often changes in the regula [...]
Food safety risk communication in the digital age
Digital communication technologies have tremendous potential to facilitate effective risk communication about existing and emerging food safety threats. However, some caution regarding social exclusion and ethical issues is needed. The need for effec [...]
Russia-China trade is stalled by food safety issues
China and Russia are on a fast track to ramp up food trade, but several food safety issues must be solved first.Russia is eager to partially replace US products in the Chinese food market, but ongoing food safety disagreements remain a stumbling blo [...]
Cotecna tackles the giants of the food testing market
How Neotron, a prominent Italian food testing laboratory, is becoming part of the growth strategy of the Swiss inspection and certification company.Cotecna Inspection SAFounded: 1974Present in: 50 countriesNumber of Laboratories/offices: 160Revenu [...]
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