The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recently released the first dataset collected under the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). This milestone initiative aims to enhance the EPA [...]
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has recently released a comprehensive report detailing widespread contamination of the nation's drinking water. The study reveals that nearly half of all tap water in the US is [...]
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has announced a large-scale, nationwide surveillance operation targeting milk and milk products (e.g. khoa, chenne, paneer, ghee, butter, curd, and ice c [...]
The European Commission has released its 2022 Alert and Cooperation Network (ACN) report, which encompasses the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), the Administrative Assistance and Cooperation networ [...]
Wageningen University Food Safety Research has embarked on a four-year project to create an early warning system for detecting mycotoxins in European cereal grains. The project, named "Mycotoxin E [...]
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has unveiled a new model for carrying out food standards controls. Local authorities or district councils are responsible for conducting these checks to ensure that food produced [...]
The European Commission replaced its regulation on maximum levels for certain contaminants in food (Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006) with a new one (Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/915 of 25 April 2023) that will [...]
Widely used insecticides and pesticides in California, US, have been found to contain high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a study by the Center for Biological Diversity and P [...]
FoodDrinkEurope (FDE), the organization representing the European food and beverage manufacturing industry, has called for adopting New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) more widely in Europe's scientific and regul [...]
A recent report on antibiotic resistance surveillance, jointly published by the European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and WHO Europe, paints a concerning picture of high antibiotic resistanc [...]
