Based on an assessment of the impact of glyphosate on the health of humans, animals, and the environment, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has determined that there do not exist any critical areas of concern.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) and Office of Food Policy and Response (OFPR) have released an updated list of draft and final guidance topics that are a priority for the FDA Foods Program to complete during 2023. The list updates the guidance agenda released in February 2023 and focuses on Level 1 draft and final guidances.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided updates on the agency’s Cyclospora Prevention, Response, and Research Action Plan to reflect the current status of the agency’s work to prevent and reduce incidences of foodborne cyclosporiasis in the U.S.
FAO has prepared a short factsheet for food safety authorities to grasp the contents of a previously released publication, titled, “Food Safety Aspects of Cell-Based Food.”
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recently established the National Training Center for Food Safety to improve knowledge and skills in the field of food safety and standards, with an emphasis on cracking down on food adulteration, and launched an app to train street food vendors.
A new food safety law was drafted and submitted for review in China, with the goal of improving the country’s ability to ensure food safety and prevent incidents.
Following a One Health approach, Canadian federal, provincial, and territorial governments have made a 5-year commitment for concerted action to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through ten shared priority actions across five pillars. The action plan provides a 5-year (2023–2027) blueprint for strengthening Canada's collective AMR preparedness and response across the One Health spectrum.
A molecular sample-to-answer method developed by Rheonix Inc. and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) enables low-level detection of Cyclospora in food and environmental samples.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has provided updates on its proposal to create a unified Human Foods Program (HFP), which includes a new model for the Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and additional tools to provide industry with more information about the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Food Traceability Final Rule, also known as FSMA 204.
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