Voluntary approaches to tackle certain mycotoxins in dried figs and pistachios in Turkiye don’t seem to be working, according to the European Commission’s health and safety agency.
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More than a dozen comments were received on plans in the United Kingdom to change the rate of checks on specific imported products.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued two more calls as part of work to estimate the burden of foodborne diseases.
WHO is seeking support from independent consultants or groups
The European Commission has updated the list of imported products subject to checks for aflatoxins, pesticides and microbial contamination.
Changes are based on incidents reported through the Rapid Alert System
The government of Uganda has started a campaign to tackle the high levels of aflatoxin in food.
The call, supported by Oxfam, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS), the
Food agencies in Great Britain are looking at changing the rate of checks on certain products being imported into the region.
Separate comment periods have been launched by Food Standards
The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the
The greatest risks of serious health effects from contaminants in food are associated with arsenic and certain mycotoxins, according to an analysis in Finland.
The Finnish Food Authority (Ruokavirasto) wanted
Checks on peanuts from the United States are to be increased but controls on pistachios have been relaxed in Europe.
The European Commission has updated regulation on the temporary increase
The European Commission has released a number of reports which mention food safety in countries wanting to become members of the European Union.
The documents cover many areas and look
The number of food and feed risk notices reported by EU countries to the European Commission fell by more than 6 percent in 2020, according to an annual report.
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Sunshine Mills Inc. is recalling certain products because of potentially elevated levels of aflatoxin above the allowable limit.
Aflatoxins are mycotoxins and are dangerous because of their high level of
