The AOAC Gluten & Food Allergens (GFA) Program has recently made available its draft guidance document about Food Allergen Immunoassay Validation. This document aims to provide comprehensive guidelines for [...]
In a major operation targeting food fraud, Spanish and Italian law enforcement agencies have successfully uncovered a significant olive oil counterfeiting scheme. The investigation, supported by Europol as part [...]
The European Parliament's Environment Commission has approved measures aimed at ensuring the sustainable use of pesticides and reducing their environmental impact. The Commission defined its posit [...]
Europol's OPSON Europe operation, spanning from December 2022 to April 2023, has achieved a significant breakthrough in combating food fraud across the European market. With a focus on customs areas, physical a [...]
The United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA's FSIS) is about to revolutionize beef safety testing with a new multi-residue quantitation method for detecting chemical r [...]
AOAC International (AOAC) has announced that the draft Food Allergen Immunoassay Validation Guidance document is now available for public review and comment. This document aims to provide guidelines for validat [...]
Celery remains one of the top regulated allergens globally, including within the EU & UK. For other top regulated food allergens, there are widely available quantitative immunoassays, including ELISAs, the [...]
The United Kingdom government has once again postponed the commencement of import inspections for EU goods, pushing the deadline to January 2024. This is the fifth time such measures have been delayed since Bre [...]
A worrying discovery has been made by laboratories appointed by KTipp, a Swiss consumer monthly magazine, revealing traces of car tire wear in 12 out of 15 salad samples analyzed. The most contaminated were sal [...]
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has launched its annual call for public input on potential modifications to Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for agricultural and veterinary chemicals. This initiative [...]
