The government of New Zealand recently declared dairy products and sprouts key food poisoning risks for pregnant women, based on the latest report from the New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) department under the Mi [...]
The recent EFSA Scientific Committee Opinion draft on the biological plausibility of non-monotonic dose responses (NMDR) and their impact on risk assessment has been characterized as “inaccurate” by the End [...]
In Japan, a new genetically-engineered tomato, named “Sicilian Rouge High-GABA”, modified with CRISPR technology has recently been approved by a health ministry committee.GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is a [...]
Researchers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt and China have found that fishes caught on the Jeddah Coast, East side of the Red Sea, have high levels of heavy metals.The research, published in Saudi Journal of Biologica [...]
The last act of Sonny Perdue as US Secretary of Agricolture was the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between USDA and FDA.This MOU allows the transition of some regulatory oversight from FDA to [...]
According to a recent EFSA assessment, modification of plant DNA through genome editing techniques pose no more hazards than conventional breeding or other techniques that introduce new DNA into a plant. The sc [...]
Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) has recently introduced new Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs) for Pyroxsulam, Triflumezopyrim, Broflanilide and Flupyradifurone in food. Their a [...]
