The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a paper describing research and innovation needs to support regulatory science and advance risk assessment, including understanding the gut microbiome, improving aggregate chemical exposure science, ensuring allergenicity assessments for novel proteins are fit-for-purpose, and other areas.
FDA carried out a sampling and testing assignment of bottled waters for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 2023–2024. Although PFAS were detected in ten samples, no bottled waters were found to have levels of “forever chemicals” exceeding EPA maximum limits for PFAS in drinking water.
Using a specially designed framework, researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign analyzed and characterized how food businesses are responding to the emerging patchwork of disparate state regulations on additives, labeling, and manufacturing. They cautioned about the unintended consequences borne by the complexity of complying with individualistic state-level policies.
Duravant’s Key Technology and PPM Technologies have jointly introduced a new, fully integrated nut processing line that automates all nut processing steps, from post-shelling to packaging.
According to FOODAKAI’s Global Food Recall Index, the first quarter of 2025 has seen significant increases in food product recalls across the dairy, poultry, and produce categories internationally.
According to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) laboratory data on campylobacteriosis and non-typhoidal salmonellosis reports in England for 2014–2023, the total number of confirmed reports for both pathogens reached ten-year highs in 2023, and incidence for both also increased from the previous year.
Protecting Italian honey authenticity and combatting food fraud, the Italian Standards Body’s (UNI’s) new UNI 11972 standard introduces a new analytical method for detecting honey adulteration based in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technology.
J.J. Keller and Associates Inc. has expanded its offerings of cut-resistant safety gloves with the new manufacturer-patented Bladestop line, including food-safe options.
In May 2024, USDA-FSIS published a final determination setting levels at which Salmonella would be consideredan adulterant in not-ready-to-eat (NRTE), breaded and stuffed chicken products, which also established a verification sampling program and a requirement for establishments to reassess their HACCP plans. FSIS has delayed the date for its sampling program and the HACCP reviews from May to November, 2025.
Registration is now open for the fifth annual Institute for the Advancement of Food and Nutrition Sciences (IAFNS) Summer Science Symposium, taking place June 10–11, 2025 at the National Press Club in Washington D.C.
