The development for commercial purpose of gene-edited food has become legal in England as, on Thursday 23rd March, the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill has gained Royal Assent after its passage thro [...]
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 lowe [...]
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 prev [...]
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 f [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
The European Commission has recently adopted new rules to lower the presence of arsenic in some food products (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/465 of 3 March 2023 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006). [...]
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 complete [...]
The German consumer magazine Öko-Test has recently carried out some lab analysis on different brands of tomato ketchup and found worrying results in one of the most well-known brands, with alternariol well [...]
According to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting and published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, the incidence of allergy to [...]
