This article is part of our special report Farm to Fork: In search of a solution-oriented approach. Reconciling all the numerous policy areas involved in the Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy within one coherent framework has become one of the toughest challenges in the implementation of the EU’s new f...

A review has determined fish oils are non-hazardous and no longer require oversight by the Environmental Protection Authority. We regulate pesticides, household chemicals and other dangerous goods and substances under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act. As well as evaluating and appro...

This year has been a year of contrasts which has seen an increase in biosecurity risks arriving at Australia’s international mail centres. Between January and April, Biosecurity officers intercepted around 30,000 mail items posing a potential pest and disease threat. Head of Biosecurity, Lyn O...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been thoughtfully and deliberately determining the safest and most appropriate time to resume prioritized domestic inspections of FDA-regulated facilities and other associated activities since we first announced postponement in March. The White House Guideli...

The State of Hawaii recently proposed new state regulations for consumable hemp and cannabidiol (CBD) products, according to a statement from the Natural Products Association (NPA), which notes that Hawaii is the latest state to try and fill the “vacuum” left by FDA’s decision not to regulate CBD; T...

It’s been a worrying week for hospitality business owners and managers across Australia, as the coronavirus situation in Victoria worsens and hospitality businesses that were reopened go into lockdown once again. In this article, we take a look at the current COVID-19 reopening situation for food ve...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) recently announced that it would be making industry-friendly changes to the text requirements for pregnancy warning labels on alcoholic beverages - but its insistence to mandate coloured labels has left industry dissatisfied. *full text: h...

Colorado is going with the more expensive, cage-free eggs, limiting the options on its menu for producers. A bill signed July 1 by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sets a 2025 deadline to convert all hen-housing in the state to cage free by 2025. It means Colorado will be joining the likes of Californi...

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the US Department of Agriculture rejected a petition by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) to require meat and poultry processors test products for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 and make the findings public, among other actions rel...

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing the publication of “An Observational Study of Thermometer Use by Consumers When Preparing Ground Turkey Patties” in the July 2020 Journal of Food Protection. The 2018 observational study investigated the use of food thermometers by consumer...