Pesticides in fruits and vegetables: Dirty Dozen for 2023
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has just published its “Dirty Dozen” and “Clean Fifteen” lists for the year 2023, which presents the fruits and vegetables with the highest and lowest presence of pesticide residues [...]
Mineral oil hydrocarbons in food: EFSA draft scientific opinion open for public consultation
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Unit on Feed and Contaminants has just opened the public consultation for its draft scientific opinion on mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) in food, which updates its pr [...]
Canada: new Food Fraud Annual Report 2021-2022 just published
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has recently published its latest Food Fraud Annual Report, which offers a summary of the activities carried out during the 2021-2022 fiscal year. Food fraud prevention is a priority [...]
Consortium investigates microbial contaminants in plant-based foods
A public-private consortium has been created to carry out a multi-year research project to investigate the potential food safety and quality issues posed by microbial contaminants in plant-based food products. The conso [...]
EFSA assesses the risks of grayanotoxins consumption in honey
Following a request from the European Commission, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM Panel) has recently published its scientific opinion on the risks for human health related to the p [...]
Sweetener erythritol linked to heart attack and stroke, study says
According to a new study carried out by the Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, the sugar replacement erythritol could be linked to a significant increase in risk of heart attack and stroke, at completely normal doses. [...]
Precautionary Allergen Labelling (PAL) - eHandbook
“Education of consumers, healthcare providers, food business operators, risk assessors and risk managers is critical to PAL management” (FAO/WHO 2021) Introduction What is PA [...]
Risk assessment of exposure to acrylamide using human biomonitoring studies: a complementary tool to environmental monitoring
Nowadays, we are exposed to thousands of chemicals in our daily lifes by many pathways of exposure, for example, by ingestion of food and water, inhalation of air and dust, de [...]
Acrylamide mitigation methods at the factory level
How to apply and adjust processes to achieve levels of acrylamide as low as reasonably achievable below the benchmark level. Cooking is an ancient practice that improves organoleptic properties of foods, nutrient bioavailability, [...]
Foreword Vol.4 Nr.1/2
Affidia is now in its third year of activity. We started just a few months before the Covid-19 pandemic shook the world. One of the consequences of this global disaster was the cancellation of scientific conferences in 2020-2021. Even at the beginning of 2022, some conferences a [...]
Your PAL, my PAL
Why doing Precautionary Allergen Labelling right matters. Let’s take a short walk through history. Back in 1985, the Codex Alimentarius published its ground-breaking labelling standard (FAO/WHO 1985) for the labelling of pre-packaged foods. It was meant to be a better, m [...]
Aflatoxin M1: is it time for a change? (Part 2)
In the last 20 years, aflatoxin M1 has been found in milk at unprecedented levels in southern Europe on several occasions. Is it the result of climate change? What do experts think about the risk to consumers, both now and in the future? Is the best app [...]
