The results of the National Plan for the research of Residues (PNR) 2021, published annually by the Italian Ministry of Health on the basis of the indications provided by European standards, show a high rate of [...]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) has recently announced plans to declare Salmonella an adulterant in breaded and stuffed raw chicken products. &nb [...]
The FDA’s report “Total Diet Study”, which analyzes the most recent data on nutrients and contaminants in the U.S. food supply, shows high levels of arsenic, cadmium, and lead in many baby foo [...]
The partners of the France Exposome Research Infrastructure (Inserm, Oniris Nantes, EHESP -School of Advanced Studies in Public Health, University of Rennes 1, University of Paris Cité, INRAE and Ineris [...]
Following numerous cases of hepatitis reported in Italy and France, the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) is drawing public attention to the risks of harmful eff [...]
The European Commission has recently updated the list of imported products subject to temporary increases in official controls and emergency measures for aflatoxins, pesticide residues and microbial contaminati [...]
The European Commission has tightened rules around a type of mycotoxin in certain food products under Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/1399, applicable from the 1st January 2022. The limits have been established [...]
Consumer Reports (CR), a non-profit consumer watchdog group, has recently assessed the current state of the American ground meat supply, testing 351 packages of ground beef, pork, chicken, and turkey purchased [...]
A study, recently published in peer-reviewed academic journal Science, raised questions on the lack of integrity of the “Raised Without Antibiotics” (RWA) label used on animal products after found c [...]
On March 30, 2022, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its latest annual report on pesticide residues in food with samples being collected in 2020. A total of 88 141 samples and 659 pesticid [...]
