After the EFSA deemed it hazardous, a food additive frequently used in goods such as sweets, chewing gum, and toothpaste will be examined by Australia's food safety agency as well. For decades, titanium dioxide [...]
Saffron is one of the world's most expensive agricultural goods, yet it's also the most often adulterated spice, with undisclosed plant-based surrogates or synthetic components imitating color and shape. Saffro [...]
Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) was employed in a case study to detect adulteration of acacia honey with canola honey. DNA was extracted from pollen in acacia honey and canola honey using foll [...]
According to the latest study released by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), antibiotic use in foo [...]
A new foodborne hazard has been identified in numerous Southeast Asian nations. It all started in 2015, when at least 146 individuals in Singapore became ill after eating raw freshwater fish. The sickness was e [...]
The bacteriological safety of sprouts is investigated in a review paper published in the International Journal of Food Microbiology. Since 1988, sprout eating has been linked to more than 60 outbreaks of foodbo [...]
The work of microbiological reference laboratories throughout the world is being transformed by whole genome sequencing (WGS). Complete genomic sequences from an isolate or sample have the potential to boost ep [...]
A new study published on Environmental Sciences and Technology found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk of all mothers tested. PFAS are substances widely used in food packaging and in [...]
EFSA has recently published a scientific opinion about the role of food‐producing environments in the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in EU plant‐based food production, terrestrial an [...]
The ethylene oxide alert started in autumn 2020 with contaminated sesame seeds, since then, many products -ginger and other spices, as well as some supplements- have been withdrawn from the market as potentiall [...]
