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Food Contact Materials - Waiting for the new EU legislation?

Packaging

For several years now, there has been talk about the evaluation of the current Framework Regulation on Food Contact Mate...

Sensory lab: new investments in Mérieux NutriSciences Italy

Services

Mérieux NutriSciences Italy continues to invest in the Sensory Division. No longer just Food! Over the last few years, o...

Nitrosamine alerts: on 20 may 2022, EMA updated the Q&A documents on nitrosamine impurities

Pharmaceuticals

20 May 2022 - EMA/409815/2020 Rev.9 EMA has updated the document “Questions and answers for marketing authorisation hold...

Analysis of monacolins in food supplements and raw materials

Services

Following the scientific opinion on the safety consumption of monacolins in red yeast rice (RYR) delivered by the Panel...

Titanium dioxide: feed recall date approaching!

Food

Based on EFSA's negative opinion of 5 May 2021 on the safety of use of titanium dioxide (TiO2) in animal feed, feed mate...

EFSA put on hold the Cannabidiol (CBD) novel food evaluations 

Novel Food

Cannabidiol is a substance that can be obtained from Cannabis sativa L. plants and be synthesised chemically as well. CB...

PFAS: emerging and persistent contaminants

News

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, PFAS, are a family of nearly 5,000 synthetic chemicals manufactured. These substanc...

Scientific writing: Nanotechnology strategies for the insulin oral delivery

Scientific Writing

Federico Benetti – Executive Director at ECSIN LAB, a Mérieux NutriSciences Company - has been involved in the publicati...

Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH) levels in food, including food for infants and young children, in EU settled

Packaging

Last week it was published the Summary report of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed Section Novel...

Phthalates in Food contact materials

News

Phthalates form a family of synthetic chemicals with a wide variety of uses, ranging from consumer to industrial product...

European Pesticides processing factors guide 2022

Pesticides

Pesticides residue levels strongly depend on the processing of food prior to consumption. This effect can be accounted f...

Transglutaminase in meat and meat products, regulation and analysis in the EU

News

Microbial transglutaminase (TG) is an enzyme isolated on an industrial scale from Streptomyces mobaraensis. Technical TG...

Extractables & Leachables case study - Extractables study on filters for pharmaceutical manufacturing

Pharmaceuticals

Once again, our expertise goes beyond packaging. Extractables can be obtained not only from the packaging system of the...

Glyphosate in Europe - EFSA and ECHA update timelines for assessments

News

Glyphosate is one of the most widely used active substances in pesticides to prevent unwanted plant growth around plante...

FAO/WHO Experts evaluate E.coli (STEC) control measures

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are an important cause of food-borne disease. Infections can result in a w...

Ukraïne Shortage and pesticide residues

The impact of Russia's aggression on EU-Russia and EU-Ukraine trade in agri-food products has been immediate. Ukraine no...