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. [...]
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 [...]
