The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) reconvened the Ad hoc Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens for a secon [...]
The French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Labor Safety (ANSES) has recently focused its attention on nanomaterials, pointing out the fact that our knowledge on their possible effects on human healt [...]
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has recently published its 31st annual report on pesticide residues in food, referred to as the Pesticide Data Program (PDP). The re [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released the results of a testing activity focused on economically motivated adulteration (EMA) of imported honey, revealing that 10% of the tested samples [...]
Consumer Reports (CR), an American nonprofit consumer organization, found dangerous heavy metals in chocolate from different popular brands. It has been demonstrated that dark chocolate has some p [...]
On 7 December 2022, the EU Commission published a new regulation ((EU) 2022/2388) amending the Regulation (EC) 1881/2006 by setting maximum limits for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic aci [...]
According to the experts of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) called to re-evaluate the safety of sulfur dioxide (E220) and sulfites (E221-228), the intake of these additives through food and drink coul [...]
The German Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL), together with the Federal State Working Group for Consumer Protection (LAV), has recently published its annual report about monitoring act [...]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently published a draft set of regulations to be applied to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) intended for food use. The proposed Food [...]
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recently published the 12th report on the European surveillance of veterinary antimicrobial consumption (ESVAC) project, which shows that sales of antimicrobials for use [...]
