Food Safety

Cannabis companies run a higher risk of producing contaminated products, expert warns

02-Aug-2019 By Jenny Eagle

Microbial detection company Hygiena says cannabis is rapidly expanding as an ingredient in foods such as baked goods, oils, drinks and butter, but due to its popularity companies run a higher risk of producing contaminated and unsafe products.

EU science community urge an evidence-based approach in solving food security lapses

08-Dec-2017 By Will Chu

Scientific research and innovation must underpin efforts in tackling issues such as food safety and waste that blight nutritional and agricultural ecosystems, according to a European science consortium.

Manufacturer BI advocates for ‘kill step’ validation in industry, especially for botanicals

27-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Addressing persistent illness and deaths caused by foodborne diseases, California-based nutraceutical ingredients maker BI issued a statement urging the industry to demand for product-specific kill step validation procedures.

Future policy challenges: Global and local food; a weak EU and ‘phood’

30-Nov-2016 By Joseph James Whitworth

Risk assessment, early warning for emerging hazards and official controls and inspections are areas where the EU legislative framework needs to be strengthened to deal with future issues, according to a report.

FSA budget cuts: what it means for food safety

04-Feb-2016 By Michelle Perrett

Budget cuts at the Food Standards Agency and local authorities mean change is afoot, reports Michelle Perrett.

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Parents can pass junk food-related disorders on to kids, study finds

11-Jan-2016 By RJ Whitehead

One junk food-eating generation can pass on the metabolic disorders it gains from an unhealthy diet to the next, researchers have found in a study that bucks Darwinian convention.

Border block: Germany stops product with debated aegeline ingredient

02-Mar-2015 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The German authorities have blocked a shipment of products containing the unauthorised novel food ingredient aegeline and American firm USP Labs is making inquiries into whether this relates to its recalled OxyElite product. 

Denmark widens warning on weight loss herbal linked to brain haemorrhage

30-Oct-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The Danish food safety authority has issued a second warning on the illegal herbal weight loss ingredient Acacia rigidula – which contains substances implicated in a brain haemorrhage case in Sweden.

Opinion

EU on charm offensive as Asean gears up for regulatory harmonisation

14-Oct-2014 By RJ Whitehead

To a backdrop of the Asean regulatory harmonisation process, a number of European Union officials have descended on Kuala Lumpur to attend a forum designed to apply the older bloc’s knowledge on the subject.

Scottish food standards agency moves step closer

07-Oct-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

The role of a newly-created food standards body in Scotland has been debated by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs).

"The principle is to replace costly substance by less costly substance at the expense of the consumer": CAFIA

Czech authority ‘constantly’ detects ‘serious’ adulteration in food supps

28-Jul-2014 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) says it, “repeatedly reveals serious forms of adulteration of food supplements” despite efforts through its Food Pillory system.

Israel firm ups astaxanthin concentration

08-Apr-2014 By Shane Starling

Southern Isreal supplier, Algatechnologies, has launched a 20% astaxanthin oleoresin targeting food supplements, foods and beverages and cosmeceuticals.

Cargill scales up its R&D 'hub' in Europe

14-Mar-2014 By Sarah Hills

Cargill's European Research and Development Centre has re-opened after an €8m expansion, with added emphasis on food safety.

Testing reveals third of food products mislabelled

11-Feb-2014 By Joseph James Whitworth

Testing from a UK public laboratory has revealed mislabelling in a third of products ranging from food supplements to meat.

Novel foods fall through Trading Standards' net

10-Feb-2014 By Nicholas Robinson

Trading Standards (TS) don’t have the resources to check for the potentially dangerous unapproved novel foods illegally on sale on the UK market, it has emerged.