The network of American activists Environmental Working Group has recently released the annual ranking of fruit and vegetables most contaminated by pesticides in the US. Strawberries and spinach are – aga [...]
The level of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria is still significant, according to a report summary published this week by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECD [...]
On March 30, 2022, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its latest annual report on pesticide residues in food with samples being collected in 2020. A total of 88 141 samples and 659 pesticid [...]
A recent investigation by Consumer Reports found alarming levels of PFAS in food packaging of well-known fast-food restaurants and grocery store chains. 118 food packaging products from 24 companies have been c [...]
The European Commission (EC) has initiated discussions with its Member States to set maximum limits in food for 4 PFAS (PFOA, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFOS), which were the subject of an EFSA’s scientific opinion [...]
Safe Food Advocacy Europe, an NGO working with health and food safety, has raised alarming concerns regarding the current benchmark levels of acrylamide in food. The NGO calls for the reduction of these levels [...]
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 [...]
Earlier this month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its publication, Thinking about the future of food safety - A foresight report. The report highlights the potential [...]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently published its scientific opinion on the efficacy and safety of high-pressure processing (HPP) of food. EFSA’s experts concluded that the HPP method i [...]
One of the widely consumed spices in South India is chili (Capsicum annuum). Due to its inherent, eco-physiological factors with nutritional characteristics, it favors the growth of molds, during harvest and po [...]
