Recall of Several Frozen Bakery Products due to the Presence Of The Unauthorised Pesticide Ethylene Oxide
Several batches of frozen bakery products are being recalled due to the presence of the pesticide ethylene oxide in sesame seeds used in the product. This pesticide is not authorised for use in foods sold in the EU. The implicated batches were not sold directly to consumers; they have been supplied to food services such […]
EU chemicals strategy to address pesticide chemical cocktails
The EU chemicals strategy adopted on Wednesday aims to address the cumulative and combined effects of chemicals, including pesticides, stressing a need to accelerate work on methodologies that ensure existing provisions can be fully implemented. The strategy is intended as a first step towards a zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment, as announced in […]
Viewpoint: Food safety could be jeopardized in the EU if fungicides that kill cancer-causing toxins are banned
There are many countries that some Europeans will never visit, yet they eat food from these places every day. Checks on food imports found that five percent of hazelnuts showed ochratoxin contamination, while 10 percent of dried grapes, 20 percent of dried figs, as well as 50 percent of pistachios from Turkey showed aflatoxin contamination. […]
Chlorine-washed chicken vs chlorine-washed salad leaves: what’s the difference?
When discussing future UK trade deals, it’s not long before someone raises the issue of chlorine-washed chicken. We eat salad washed in chlorine, and our drinking water is chlorine-treated, so why are we averse to chlorine-washed chicken? The practice of washing chicken carcasses in a chlorine solution has been banned in the UK and EU […]