The World Health Organization (WHO) has requested information on two heavy metals found in various foods, more precisely: methylmercury and total mercury in orange roughy, pink cusk-eel, and all toothfish, and [...]
More than 350 million tonnes of plastic are manufactured worldwide every year, and much of it is utilized in the food sector. According to experts at the ETH Zürich university in Switzerland, these plastic [...]
OPSON 2020 was a joint operation between Europol and INTERPOL that targeted the trafficking of counterfeit and substandard food and beverages. The operation, which was the eighth of its type, took place from De [...]
After the EFSA deemed it hazardous, a food additive frequently used in goods such as sweets, chewing gum, and toothpaste will be examined by Australia's food safety agency as well. For decades, titanium dioxide [...]
Saffron is one of the world's most expensive agricultural goods, yet it's also the most often adulterated spice, with undisclosed plant-based surrogates or synthetic components imitating color and shape. Saffro [...]
Droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) was employed in a case study to detect adulteration of acacia honey with canola honey. DNA was extracted from pollen in acacia honey and canola honey using foll [...]
The work of microbiological reference laboratories throughout the world is being transformed by whole genome sequencing (WGS). Complete genomic sequences from an isolate or sample have the potential to boost ep [...]
A new study published on Environmental Sciences and Technology found per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in breast milk of all mothers tested. PFAS are substances widely used in food packaging and in [...]
In the UK, since April 2021, pet veterinarians have reported at least 130 cases of feline pancytopenia to the Food Standard Agency (FSA). The FSA, while not confirming a causal link between disease and dietary [...]
A court in Antwerp condemned two men and one woman accused of being at the heart of Belgium's largest-ever food scam. The three were among seven people charged and four firms accused of using the pesticide Fipr [...]
