Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 45)

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Here's my article selection of the week: EU - Environment Committee backs flexibility for EU countries to ban GMO crops, from European Parliament ENVI Committee: long-awaited draft plans to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms on their own territory even if it is allowed at EU … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick news from the food world (Week 45)

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Food recalls in EU – Week 27

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

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