The FDA’s report “Total Diet Study”, which analyzes the most recent data on nutrients and contaminants in the U.S. food supply, shows high levels of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in many baby foo [...]
The Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Management Board has recently announced that nearly 50 percent of vegetables and fruits collected from wholesale markets had a lot of residues of pesticides, including banned ch [...]
Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its draft guidance, which provides information to companies and manufacturers on the action levels for lead in ready-to-drink juices and jui [...]
A recent test conducted by the French consumer magazine "60 millions de consommateurs" on 48 tea products present in the supermarket identified that up to 16 different pesticides “pollute” tea [...]
The US Consumers' Association Consumer Reports (CR) analyzed arsenic, cadmium, and lead levels in 126 herbs and spices from 38 brands. Almost a third had heavy metal levels that were dangerous to human health. [...]
Earlier this year, in February 2021, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released its first report “Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.” [...]
In most nations, edible insects are a new cuisine. However, due to their high protein and low-fat content, simplicity of production, and minimal environmental effect, their popularity is increasing. For this re [...]
To protect public health, the European Commission has established new maximum levels for lead and cadmium in a variety of food items. Measures will go into effect on August 30 for lead limits and a day later fo [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested information on two heavy metals found in various foods, more precisely: methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink cusk-eel, and all toothfish, and [...]
Heavy metals are present throughout the French population. This is shown in the ESTEBAN report, released by the government agency Santé publique France, in charge of biosurveillance, which updated data o [...]
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