FOOD SAFETY

2025 Trend Report for the Food and Beverage Industry

2025 promises to be a transformative year for the food and beverage sector. Strengthen your business strategy and gain a lasting competitive edge with this practical guide to the industry’s most significant challenges an..

Save labor hours and guarantee top-quality disinfection

21 November 2024

Finding staff is a challenge these days. This is especially true for cleaning personnel. And if you do manage to find skilled workers, they are often expensive. Yet, your business depends on their daily efforts to ensure...

LTO calls for immediate nationwide poultry confinement order

20 November 2024

LTO/NOP Pluimveehouderij has urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality to immediately impose a nationwide poultry confinement order. This request follows the confirmation of bird flu at a farm with organ...

MARAN 2024: Antibiotic resistance in animals stabilizes

19 November 2024

The decline in antibiotic use in Dutch livestock farming appears to be leveling off. This is evident from the MARAN 2024 report, where Wageningen Bioveterinary Research (WBVR) presents the latest data on antibiotic resis...

NVWA: Stricter transport hygiene against avian flu & ASF

06 November 2024

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has issued a warning regarding the risks posed by the current outbreaks of avian influenza and African Swine Fever (ASF) across Europe. As wild bird migra...

Concerns on high mercury levels in tuna products

06 November 2024

A recent report from the French organizations BLOOM and Foodwatch reveals that 100% of the 150 tested tuna products across Europe contain mercury. Alarmingly, 10% of these samples exceed the legally permitted mercury lev...

How sustainable is fish feed for the aquaculture industry?

22 October 2024

The aquaculture industry is growing rapidly. To feed all those fish, a lot of fish feed is required. This feed is often made from wild fish that are specifically caught to be processed into fishmeal and fish oil. But how...

FAVV: 50% of Belgian food labels not compliant with EU regulations

22 October 2024

During a nationwide campaign from June 11 to 17, 2024, the Belgian Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FAVV) inspected over 1,240 Belgian companies for compliance with food labeling regulations. The action r...

NVWA tightens meat sector supervision from 2025

21 October 2024

The Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) is working hard to improve its supervision and ensure the organisation is future-proof. Thanks to additional financial resources provided by the Rutte IV cabine...

Nature’s Pride focuses on CO2 reduction and improved hygiene

09 October 2024

Nature’s Pride and Berries Pride, together with their growers ACP from Peru and ZZ2 from South Africa, have launched an ambitious project to reduce CO2 emissions and improve access to water and hygiene (WASH). This colla...

NAPV launches platform to accelerate product improvement

07 October 2024

Maud Theelen, network manager of the National Approach to Product Improvement (NAPV), has announced the launch of a new product improvement platform. This platform is designed to help companies in the food industry accel...

Novel Foods: Are you ready for the new rules?

01 October 2024

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently updated its guidelines for novel food applications. This revision, set to take effect in February 2025, marks a significant step for companies aiming to introduce ne...

Important safety standards in powder production

23 September 2024

Maintaining strict guidelines for food safety and quality is a constant challenge that impacts every link in the food chain. The food industry allocates a significant portion of its budget to reduce the risk of food cont...

20 years of microplastics research reveals lasting impact

23 September 2024

After two decades of research on microplastics, it has become clear how significant the impact of these particles is on the environment and potentially on human health. Scientists are calling for international cooperatio...

Stricter rules for pesticides in imported food

20 September 2024

On 18 September 2024, the European Parliament rejected two proposals from the European Commission that would have allowed small amounts of pesticides, banned in the EU, to be present in imported food. This decision ensur...

Chemicals in food packaging: a growing health concern

19 September 2024

Recent research shows that thousands of chemicals from food packaging and other food contact materials (FCMs) are making their way into our food. These substances, known as food contact chemicals (FCCs), can be harmful t...