The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) had another year of development in 2020 given that The Information Management System for Official Control (IMSOC) was implemented by Regulation (EU) 2019/1715, w [...]
On September 24, 2021, the European Commission released its Inception Impact Assessment on "Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques". It is based on a prior working paper on the legal [...]
The European Commission's proposal to ban the use of Titanium Dioxide (E171) as a food additive starting from 2022 was accepted by Member States last week. The Commission's recommendation is based [...]
Earlier this year, in February 2021, the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy released its first report “Baby Foods Are Tainted with Dangerous Levels of Arsenic, Lead, Cadmium, and Mercury.” [...]
A recent research from the United Kingdom discovered 122 pesticide residues in 12 fruits and vegetables. Every fruit and vegetable on this list had at least two different kinds of pesticides, with some having a [...]
Foodborne illnesses caused by food have not decreased for several years prior to 2020. According to new data published in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveilla [...]
One of most likely largest PFAS contamination in the world, both in terms of geographical area and the number of people affected involved the North-East Italy, more precisely the provinces of Vicenza, Verona, a [...]
A brand-new approach has been proven to be effective in identifying food frauds in fish, rice, fruit juices, olive oil, milk, and spices, particularly oregano and saffron. ENEA developed the SafeFood, a photoac [...]
In most nations, edible insects are a new cuisine. However, due to their high protein and low-fat content, simplicity of production, and minimal environmental effect, their popularity is increasing. For this re [...]
With the EU regulation 1408/2021, the European Commission revised and modified the maximum levels of tropane alkaloids in some food products of plant origin previously regulated by the EC Reg. 1881/2006. [...]
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