Police in Portugal have uncovered potential water testing fraud involving a laboratory.
Operation “Gota D´Água” led to the arrest of 19 people for allegedly falsifying analyses of water intended for human consumption. Those detained are aged between 25 and 61 years old and are accused of a range of crimes
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has outlined plans to support the existing laboratory network which it says is in a “precarious position”.
The agency has obtained funding of £2.1 million ($2.2 million) per year, which will be used to deliver an improved system from 2022 to 2025.
There has been
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Heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, and lead are present in most foods, whether conventional or organic, usually as the result of environmental contamination. Because heavy metals pose significant threats even at low levels, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has made reducing cumulative exposure a priority. The
Continue Reading When it comes to testing heavy metals in food, the result is only as good as the lab
Next generation sequencing is beginning to replace traditional DNA methods in food safety testing. As this trend continues, sequencing will no longer be the time intensive process it once was. Laboratories will be limited by how quickly they can prepare samples, not how quickly they can sequence them. Automation will,
Continue Reading Lab robots crucial for end-to-end food safety data systems
The global market for E. coli testing is expected to reach $2.1 billion by 2022, up from $1.2 billion in 2013, according to a new report from market research company Transparency Market Research. Thanks in part to major federal efforts to combat more foodborne illness in the U.S. via the
Continue Reading E. Coli Testing Market Expected to Reach $2.1 Billion by 2022
