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
Flash News – EFSA delays BPA opinion’s date again (to 2014)
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will launch a two-stage public consultation in July on an updated and extended assessment of exposure in Europe to bisphenol A (BPA), a substance used in food contact materials and in other products. The Authority’s last exposure assessment of BPA was in 2006 and this new assessment will mark a major … Continue reading Flash News – EFSA delays BPA opinion’s date again (to 2014)
