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

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)

Food recalls in EU/Week 42

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have five recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notifications: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in chilled salads, following company's own check. Origin France, notified by France, distributed also to Belgium and Luxembourg; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella Indiana in chilled and frozen whole chicken, chicken cuts and chicken liver, following company's … Continue reading Food recalls in EU/Week 42