Consumer prices falling – no need to worry about food fraud anymore?
When prices rise the risk of food fraud is rising, too. Last month, the prices for food dropped compared to the previous month. Time to relax? Or rather not?
FAO/WHO Publish New Recommended Food Allergen Threshold Levels
The new recommendations on food allergen thresholds from the ad hoc Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens has been published.
Joint FAO-WHO Food Allergen Consultations – The New Big Eight
The big 8 food allergens have been listed in Codex Alimentarius since the 1990s. After more than twenty years, it was time for a review. And while the number of food allergens on this list remained the same, the allergens on it have changed.
Special Issue on Portable Food Safety Devices Published
Food safety testing experiences a paradigm shift. With the development of portable technologies, samples can be tested on-site now for many parameters. This will impact on the way food safety and food quality are reassured. Carmen Diaz-Amigo and Bert Popping compiled a special section in the J. AOAC International on the latest developments and technologies.
GEN4OLIVE Project Funded by the European Commission
Currently, many olive plantations are at risk from rapidly spreading diseases like Xylella fastidiosa, causing significant yield losses. Encouraging farmers to use olive varieties with a broader genetic diversity, especially older olive varieties, is seen as a suitable mitigation strategy.
BaTAnS – Barcording of Animal Species
BaTAnS – Barcording of Animal Species. Barcoding often comes with high uncertainties which species the primers can and cannot detect. The freely available BaTAnS tool
AOAC Food Fraud Task Force Meeting – The Next Steps
The AOAC Food Fraud Task Force met and decided to develop new SMPRs for additional matrices and analytical methods to help to combat food fraud.
Acrylamide and Prop 65 : Have your Coffee and Drink It!
Would you enjoy if your coffee comes with a cancer warning? In the USA, this was quite possible under proposition 65, aka Prop 65. Now US courts ruled in two cases if coffee needs to come with warning labels.
AOAC Annual Meeting – Some Highlights Not To Be Missed
AOAC International ventures down a news path due to corona. The AOAC Annual Meeting will take place virtually. Topics include food fraud, food allergens, cannabis and contaminants.
