Food Safety

Over half of US consumers express some level of concern about genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), but when asked to describe GMOs, according to a report...

European Food Science Authority’s (EFSA's) Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) have reconfirmed previous evaluations that acrylamide in food potentially increases the...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) reminds all businesses, including importers, about the need to meet mandatory allergen labeling requirements. FSANZ CEO Steve McCutcheon said...

3M Food Safety and The Acheson Group held a webinar on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on February 11, 2016. The event is part...

Addivant's nonylphenol-free stabilizer, Weson 705, has received broad food contact approval for use in packaging materials from the National Health and Family Planning Commission...

Mapping a food’s DNA could in the future be used as a tool to check that the product contains the ingredients stated on the...

The next generation 3M Molecular Detection Assays for ­Listeria, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella have been certified by NF Validation from AFNOR Certification. Earlier this...

The European Commission releases its new EU action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance – a growing threat that is responsible for 25,000 deaths in...

Listeria cases have increased among two groups of the population: people over 75 and women aged 25-44 (believed to be mainly pregnancy-related). This is...

More than 70 countries, private companies, international organizations, trade associations, academic institutions, and non-governmental groups met in Singapore on December 11, 2013, for the...