This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find one recall from consumers in EU between the information for attention notifications: - GMO/Novel foods: unauthorised genetically modified organism in fresh papaya, following an official control on the market. Origin Thailand, distributed to France. Between the alert notifications we can find several withdrawal from the market: - Heavy metals: mercury in … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 27
US – Mother sues Monster Energy for her child’s death
The alert around energy drinks caffeine content is already high, but the following news enlightens again the problem. Paula Morris, mother of Alex Morris (19), dead by cardiac arrest on 1st July 2012, sued Monster Energy in the past days. The lawsuit, filed in Alameda County Superior Court alleges Morris would not have died if he … Continue reading US – Mother sues Monster Energy for her child’s death
