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The document clarifies key points about the scope of and compliance with Regulation (EU) 2024/3190, which bans the use of BPA and other hazardous bisphenols in food contact materials on the EU market.

The European Commission has established a task force to strengthen food safety controls for food imports, building upon a broader set of measures announced in December.

USDA-FSIS has issued updates to the list of substances that may be used in the production of meat, poultry, and egg products. 

FDA has released the Total Diet Study Interface (TDSi), an interactive, web-based tool that provides streamlined access to findings from FDA's Total Diet Study and highlights the agency's emphasis on food chemical safety.

A new paper describes U.S. regulatory agencies’ roles in two recent, high-profile foodborne illness outbreak investigations—the Boar’s Head listeriosis outbreak and the McDonald’s Escherichia coli outbreak—and highlights the shortcomings and strengths in how the outbreaks were managed.

FDA has issued a Request for Information regarding labeling and preventing cross-contact of gluten in packaged foods, in an effort to improve transparency in the disclosures of ingredients that impact certain health conditions (such as gluten for those with celiac disease) and other food allergens.

FDA's Human Foods Program has released its priority deliverables and guidance agenda for 2026, in line with the continued implementation of the Trump administration's MAHA agenda.

If adopted, the draft regulations would bring mandatory allergen labeling, a new business licensing scheme, and updated food hygiene rules to the British Crown Dependency.

The guidance defines the scientific data required to evaluate if a food additive is safe under the proposed conditions of use as part of new food additive applications in the EU.

This episode of Food Safety Five reads between the lines of the revised Dietary Guidelines for Americans, discussing its use of the term “highly processed foods,” how its definition differs (or does not differ) from the debated “ultra-processed foods” category, and the potential implications for food policy.