Earlier this week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its draft guidance, which provides information to companies and manufacturers on the action levels for lead in ready-to-drink juices and jui [...]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently released its draft guidance for staff and stakeholders, which, after being finalized, will represent the agency’s non-binding approach to assessing t [...]
The network of American activists Environmental Working Group has recently released the annual ranking of fruit and vegetables most contaminated by pesticides in the US. Strawberries and spinach are – aga [...]
The level of antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria is still significant, according to a report summary published this week by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECD [...]
Safe Food Advocacy Europe, an NGO working with health and food safety, has raised alarming concerns regarding the current benchmark levels of acrylamide in food. The NGO calls for the reduction of these levels [...]
A recent test conducted by the French consumer magazine "60 millions de consommateurs" on 48 tea products present in the supermarket identified that up to 16 different pesticides “pollute” tea [...]
Earlier this month, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) released its publication, Thinking about the future of food safety - A foresight report. The report highlights the potential [...]
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently published its scientific opinion on the efficacy and safety of high-pressure processing (HPP) of food. EFSA’s experts concluded that the HPP method i [...]
The use of bactericides, fungicides, and other pesticides in plant agriculture is potentially associated with the emerging issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a recently published paper review [...]
The Italian Ministry of Health has recently issued a circular, emphasizing the need to dispose of chicken and turkey meat in which traces of non-typhoid Salmonella have been found. Among various variants [...]
