Microorganisms can be employed as food or as producing organisms of substances of interest in the food chain, regardless of whether they have been genetically modified or not. The introduction of [...]
A new study, developed by researchers from the University of Portsmouth, has suggested that the accumulation of plastic in food may be underestimated, with concerns that microplastics (MPs) may carry potentiall [...]
Foodborne diseases in the UK cause around 2.4 million cases of illness annually. To ensure food safety throughout the food chain the government announced £ 19.2 million funding for a three-year surveillan [...]
Previous research has looked at and reported on the alarming variation in allergen levels in foods with a precautionary allergen label (PAL). Researchers in Canada set out to assess the issue in their nation an [...]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested information on two heavy metals found in various foods, more precisely: methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink cusk-eel, and all toothfish, and [...]
More than 350 million tonnes of plastic are manufactured worldwide every year, and much of it is utilized in the food sector. According to experts at the ETH Zürich university in Switzerland, these plastic [...]
Heavy metals are present throughout the French population. This is shown in the ESTEBAN report, released by the government agency Santé publique France, in charge of biosurveillance, which updated data o [...]
OPSON 2020 was a joint operation between Europol and INTERPOL that targeted the trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages. The operation, which was the eighth of its type, took place from De [...]
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Republic of Korea signed a Framework Arrangement to join forces on food safety issues on July 20th, beginning with a USD 10 million initiative [...]
On July 16, Germany's agriculture ministry stated that African swine fever (ASF) had been found in domestic pigs for the first time. The findings were validated by the Friedrich-Loeffler Institute. [...]
