Food Allergy Canada has recently released the Allergen Management Guidelines for Food Manufacturers to assist the country’s food and beverage producers in the process of implementing food allergen prevent [...]
Operation OPSON XI has led to the seizure of almost 27 000 tons and 15 million liters of counterfeit food and beverages. The operation, which took place between December 2021 and May 2022, was led in Europe by [...]
The Nordic Council of Ministers has recently published the results of a joint assessment of food fraud covering four sectors in some European nordic countries. Food fraud has become an troubling issue throughou [...]
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), has recently gathared 24 experts of cell-based food - from the public and private se [...]
According to an evaluation conducted by the Food Standards Agency (FSA), edible insects sold in the United Kingdom pose low risk to the public. FSA experts looked at allergens, microbial, and heavy metal contam [...]
On October 21, 2022, the European Commission published Regulation (EU) 2022/2002, amending Annexes of Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 regarding maximum levels for dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls [...]
After the wave of cases of listeriosis that hit Italy (90 hospitalized, 3 deaths), the Ministero della Salute (Ministry of Health) has ordered investigations throughout the country to verify the correct m [...]
The German magazine Öko-Test, a well-known magazine that carries out comparative tests, conducted a new analysis on packaged honey sold in German supermarkets, finding pesticides poisonous to bees, as well [...]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), following the request made by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), has recognized the presence of resist [...]
The EU Commission has recently fixed maximum levels for ascorbic acid (E 300), sodium ascorbate (E 301) and calcium ascorbate (E 302) in tuna to combat fraud. According to the Commission, excessive levels of th [...]
