Following a proof-of-concept trial with five major grocery chains, the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is entertaining the idea of a new approach to national food hygiene regulation for large supermarket retailers, which would favor audit data monitoring over in-person inspections.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is considering changes to maximum residue limits (MRLs) for certain agricultural and veterinary chemicals in foods. A call for comment on the proposal is open.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) recently published the 2024 Food Crime Strategic Assessment. Since the last report in 2020, the UK food supply chain has faced significant disruptions, causing the food crime landscape to change and creating new opportunities for fraud.
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has endorsed the Chartered Trading Standards Institute’s (CTSI’s) Professional Competency in Feed qualification route.
A recent European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) project explored new methods to understand the immunotoxicity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). At the same time, one Swiss canton has called on Parliament to develop a PFAS action plan after finding widespread contamination on farms, and has banned the sale of beef with high levels of the chemical.
More than 200 food safety regulatory delegates recently convened in Nairobi, Kenya to discuss the possibility of aligning national food safety standards across Africa.
The European Commission has published a draft regulation that, if adopted, would require EU Member States to conduct whole genome sequencing (WGS) analysis during foodborne illness outbreak investigations involving several important pathogens, and to report the results of WGS analyses.
A recent European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) technical report has summarized emerging chemical risks to food safety identified by the agency and its processes for doing so, covering the period 2020–2023.
Following the largest Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) outbreak affecting children in the Province of Alberta, Canada’s history, a review panel has put forth several recommendations that focus on fostering food safety culture and developing food safety inspection systems for childcare establishments/kitchens.
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