Fast food full of phthalates and plasticizers
According to a recent research, fast food often contains large amounts of plastic-softening chemicals, which may cause hormone disruption, infertility, and cognitive difficulties. Phthalates and o [...]
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Honey fraud persists, French study says
In the European market, honey scam is fairly common. For this reason, the French consumer group Que Choisir examined 40 supermarket jars and discovered 18 samples violated of the laws. First, the [...]
Pesticide residual levels below tolerance in the US
The Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Fiscal Year 2019 Pesticide Report has been released by the US Food and Drug Administration. The report indicates that the amounts of pesticide chemical residues in the U [...]
The CDC, FDA, and FSIS analyzed outbreak data to determine the best preventative measures
The Interagency Food Safety Analytics Collaboration (IFSAC, formed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - CDC -, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA -, and the Food Safety and Inspection Se [...]
RASFF published annual report for year 2020
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 [...]
The EU Commission is planning to deregulate New GE
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 [...]
Titanium Dioxide will be banned as a food ingredient in the EU beginning of 2022
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 [...]
Even more baby foods contain dangerous levels of toxic heavy metals, according to new disclosures
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.” [...]
Pesticide cocktail in grapes and oranges: the UK’s dirty dozen
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 [...]
COVID-19 pandemic: the CDC reported a reduction in the number of illnesses caused by food pathogens
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 [...]
