The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently finalized its Guidance for Industry (GFI) #245: Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals. The guidance is addressed [...]
Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) have found microplastics in beef and pork samples, and in the feed, blood and milk of Dutch cows and pigs. The study, commissioned by [...]
A group of researchers from the Karlolinska Institutet (Stockholm) has developed an easy-to-use, inexpensive, and quick method to detect pesticides on fruits and vegetables. The study, funded by t [...]
Following numerous cases of hepatitis reported in Italy and France, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) is drawing public attention to the risks of harmful eff [...]
The European Commission has recently updated the list of imported products subject to temporary increases in official controls and emergency measures for aflatoxins, pesticide residues and microbial contaminati [...]
The European Commission has recently released its annual report of all the information shared in 2021 within the Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN), to which the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed network (R [...]
The European Commission has tightened rules around a type of mycotoxin in certain food products under Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1399, applicable from the 1st January 2022. The limits have been established [...]
Consumer Reports (CR), a non-profit consumer watchdog group, has recently assessed the current state of the American ground meat supply, testing 351 packages of ground beef, pork, chicken, and turkey purchased [...]
A recent analysis shows remarkable levels of undeclared allergens on food labels. Avoiding allergic food is the mainstay of management since there is no curative treatment for food allergies. Therefore, mislabe [...]
A survey, recently published on Toxins, focused on the occurrence of ochratoxin A (OTA) and sterigmatocystin (STC) in grated cheese products obtained from hard grana-type cheeses. In recent years, [...]
