All of the microbiological methods for the isolation of bacterial colonies belonging to single species, genera or groups, normally require methods for confirmation. ISO 7218 defines the basic requirements and g [...]
According to company studies collected by the Guardian, chemical giants DuPont and Daikin knew about the risks of a PFAS compound commonly used in food packaging since 2010 but kept them hidden from the public [...]
Unite, a trade group, is urging restraint in the face of efforts by both the UK and the EU to loosen regulations regarding the commercial use of gene editing in agriculture. Gene editing is causing ‘legitim [...]
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe, the Italian health authority and research organization for animal health and food safety) found a new way to detect oregano frauds with accuracy and p [...]
Europol assisted Spanish authorities in pursuing an organized crime organization that was laundering millions of euros in illicit proceeds from the saffron trade. Before exporting saffron, the criminal network [...]
Recently, the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the leghemoglobin as a food color additive is legitimate. This marks the end of a dispute between the [...]
Titanium dioxide (E171) is generally used as a food color, mainly present in bakery wares, soups, broths, sauces, savory based sandwich spreads, processed nuts and more. Cosmetics, paints, and drug [...]
On 29th of April, the European Commission published a study regarding the status of New Genomic Techniques (NGT) under Union law. The study is concerned with risk assessment on plants developed with NGTs, and i [...]
An estimated 600 million people get sick from consuming unsafe food each year, with 420 000 of them dying. For this reason, the main goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals is universal access [...]
European citizens are calling to stop caged animals farming in the EU, and they managed to gather almost 1.4 million signatures in two and a half years across the EU. This initiative is called “End the Cage A [...]
