More than 800 tons of tomato concentrate have been seized in South Italy by Carabinieri (national gendarmerie) of the Agri-Food Protection Command from a company leader in the canning sector. The investigations [...]
Operation OPSON IX demonstrates that during the pandemic's disruption opportunistic crime is ready to exploit the weaknesses of regional and global supply chains. Alcohol was a heavily targeted product fo [...]
The assay was created in order to provide a cheaper, easier, and faster method of detecting meat species substitution. A new direct lysis (DL) approach was utilized to extract DNA directly from meat tissue and [...]
A new study from Russian researchers reviewed existing methods of analysis of turmeric spice, and discovered, using DNA tests on Russian turmeric powders, that these product contain up to 15% of wheat flour. Th [...]
A recently reviewed paper investigated the limits of the current approach for determining the fatty acids profile of milk fats. These fats are commonly found in foods such as confectionery and pastry. The usual [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration found no definitive evidence as to what caused last year's huge Salmonella outbreak caused by red onions, which resulted in 1 127 confirmed illnesses in the US and 515 in Can [...]
All of the microbiological methods for the isolation of bacterial colonies belonging to single species, genera or groups, normally require methods for confirmation. ISO 7218 defines the basic requirements and g [...]
According to company studies collected by the Guardian, chemical giants DuPont and Daikin knew about the risks of a PFAS compound commonly used in food packaging since 2010 but kept them hidden from the public [...]
Unite, a trade group, is urging restraint in the face of efforts by both the UK and the EU to loosen regulations regarding the commercial use of gene editing in agriculture. Gene editing is causing ‘legitim [...]
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale delle Venezie (IZSVe, the Italian health authority and research organization for animal health and food safety) found a new way to detect oregano frauds with accuracy and p [...]
