HHS announces new international programs to enhance drug and food safety: Joint inspections with European Union and Australian regulators; third-party certification program are latest steps toward implementing new import strategy

FSHN-08-01, a 5-page fact sheet by Richard C. Yudin and Keith R. Schneider, informs growers in Florida and elsewhere about this standard for agricultural products exported to the European Union, Switzerland, and Norway. Includes references. Published by the UF Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, February 2008. FSHN0801/FS145: European Food Safety Certification—The GlobalG.A.P® Standard and Its Accredited Certification Scheme (ufl.edu)

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Melatonin in pediatric neurology

ORL ro ◽

10.26416/orl.33.4.2016.168 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 56-59

Author(s):

Raluca Ioana Teleanu ◽

Magdalena Sandu ◽

Eugenia Roza

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

Sleep Onset ◽

Sleep Onset Latency ◽

The European Union ◽

Onset Latency ◽

Entire Life ◽

Light Darkness ◽

Efficacy Studies ◽

Endogenous Melatonin

Melatonin is a hormone produced by the pineal gland during the night, as a response to the light-darkness variation. The endogenous melatonin levels have a cyclic evolution throughout the entire life. Various roles have been cited such as the in utero developement of the fetus through its action on the placenta, neurons and glial cells, a major role in the regulation of the cyrcadian rhythm, antioxidative, antiinflammatory roles, as well as celullar and umoral immunity modulation. In the European Union, exogenous melatonin has been evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for reducing sleep onset latency and the conclusion was that it has efficacy studies in this regard.

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The MycoGlobe project: a European Union funded successful experiment in enhancing cooperation and coordination amongst mycotoxin researchers worldwide

World Mycotoxin Journal ◽

10.3920/wmj2008.x045 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 1 (4) ◽

pp. 493-500

Author(s):

D. Bhatnagar ◽

G. Perrone ◽

A. Visconti

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

Food Quality ◽

Research Policy ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Quality And Safety ◽

The European Union ◽

Toxigenic Fungi ◽

Wide Range ◽

Food Quality And Safety

In 2004, the European Commission approved the specific support action 'Integration of Mycotoxin and Toxigenic Fungi Research for Food Safety in the Global System' (MycoGlobe, contract FOOD-CT-2004-007174) within the Sixth Framework Programme, Food Quality and Safety. The aim of the MycoGlobe project (http://mycoglobe.ispa.cnr.it) was to implement the outcomes of a wide range of European research projects in the area of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi by supporting, stimulating and facilitating cooperation between countries in the European Union and other countries that have bilateral scientific and technological cooperation agreement with the European Union (such as USA, Australia and South America). Through a series of conferences and interactions between scientists worldwide, MycoGlobe was a very successful project. The scientific significance of the MycoGlobe project consisted in the spread of knowledge of advanced research tools in genomics and sophisticated and rapid detection systems for mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi; and evaluation of research policy and procedures to achieve best practice for enhancement of food quality and safety by elimination of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi from commodities. The socio-economic significance of the project was the setting up of a global collaborative network for research and technology transfer in the field of mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi, particularly for the benefit of the developing countries. A relevant outcome of the project was also the launching of the International Society for Mycotoxicology (http://www.mycotoxsociety. org) to promote research on mycotoxins and toxigenic fungi, thereby leading to prevention and reduction in exposure to mycotoxins, enhanced food safety and a greater public awareness of this area.

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Cannabis microbiome sequencing reveals several mycotoxic fungi native to dispensary grade Cannabis flowers

F1000Research ◽

10.12688/f1000research.7507.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 4 ◽

pp. 1422 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kevin McKernan ◽

Jessica Spangler ◽

Lei Zhang ◽

Vasisht Tadigotla ◽

Yvonne Helbert ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Next Generation Sequencing ◽

Food Safety ◽

Agricultural Products ◽

Third Party ◽

Fungal Communities ◽

Regulatory Requirement ◽

Safety Testing ◽

Food Borne ◽

Generation Sequencing ◽

The U.S

The Center for Disease Control estimates 128,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized annually due to food borne illnesses. This has created a demand for food safety testing targeting the detection of pathogenic mold and bacteria on agricultural products. This risk extends to medicalCannabisand is of particular concern with inhaled, vaporized and even concentratedCannabisproducts.As a result, third party microbial testing has become a regulatory requirement in the medical and recreationalCannabismarkets, yet knowledge of theCannabismicrobiome is limited. Here we describe the first next generation sequencing survey of the fungal communities found in dispensary basedCannabisflowers by ITS2 sequencing, and demonstrate the sensitive detection of several toxigenicPenicilliumandAspergillusspecies, includingP. citrinum and P. paxilli,that were not detected by one or more culture-based methods currently in use for safety testing.

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Customs and Tax Inspection in Trading between the European Union and Third Party Countries

Krytyka Prawa ◽

10.7206/kp.2080-1084.330 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Anna Reiwer-Kaliszewska

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Third Party ◽

The European Union

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National Food Safety Systems in the European Union: A Comparative Survey

International Journal of Food Studies ◽

10.7455/ijfs.v2i1.136 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andreas Hadjigeorgiou ◽

Elpidoforos S. Soteriades ◽

Anastasios Philalithis ◽

Anna Psaroulaki ◽

Yiannis Tselentis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Risk Assessment ◽

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

The European Union ◽

Member States ◽

Eu Member States ◽

Comparative Survey ◽

Safety Systems ◽

Central Level ◽

The Eu

This paper is a comparative survey of the National Food Safety Systems (NFSS) of the European Union (EU) Member-States (MS) and the Central EU level. The main organizational structures of the NFSS, their legal frameworks, their responsibilities, their experiences, and challenges relating to food safety are discussed. Growing concerns about food safety have led the EU itself, its MS and non-EU countries, which are EU trade-partners, to review and modify their food safety systems. Our study suggests that the EU and 22 out of 27 Member States (MS) have reorganized their NFSS by establishing a single food safety authority or a similar organization on the national or central level. In addition, the study analyzes different approaches towards the establishment of such agencies. Areas where marked differences in approaches were seen included the division of responsibilities for risk assessment (RA), risk management (RM), and risk communication (RC). We found that in 12 Member States, all three areas of activity (RA, RM, and RC) are kept together, whereas in 10 Member States, risk management is functionally or institutionally separate from risk assessment and risk communication. No single ideal model for others to follow for the organization of a food safety authority was observed; however, revised NFSS, either in EU member states or at the EU central level, may be more effective from the previous arrangements, because they provide central supervision, give priority to food control programs, and maintain comprehensive risk analysis as part of their activities.

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Heavy metals in agricultural soils of the European Union with implications for food safety

Environment International ◽

10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.017 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 88 ◽

pp. 299-309 ◽

Cited By ~ 438

Author(s):

G. Tóth ◽

T. Hermann ◽

M.R. Da Silva ◽

L. Montanarella

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

Agricultural Soils ◽

The European Union

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Status of food safety management activities in fresh produce companies in the European Union and beyond

Acta Horticulturae ◽

10.17660/actahortic.2015.1103.25 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 167-174 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

K. Kirezieva ◽

P.A. Luning ◽

L. Jacxsens ◽

M. Uyttendaele

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Food Safety ◽

Safety Management ◽

Fresh Produce ◽

The European Union

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Federico Ortino

Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting ◽

10.1017/amp.2019.70 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 112 ◽

pp. 67-68

Author(s):

Federico Ortino

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Market Access ◽

Trade Agreement ◽

The United States ◽

Third Party ◽

The European Union ◽

National Treatment ◽

Investment Protection ◽

Investment Treaties ◽

The Eu

Even when it comes to investment, despite appearances to the contrary, it does not seem to me that there is a shift to the non-discrimination principle. First, there is no doubt that absolute standards such as fair and equitable treatment or the provision on expropriation have by far overshadowed the relative standards, in particular national treatment. Second, while the MFN standard has, on the other hand, been a key provision in investment treaty arbitration, particularly as an instrument to expand the scope of the ISDS system (based on more favorable provisions found in third-party treaties), there are clear signs in recent investment treaties of the willingness to curtail the use of the MFN provision as a way to extend the procedural and substantive protections of investors. This seems to be the current position, for example, of both the United States and the European Union (EU). Third, when it comes to the apparent disappearance of the absolute standards of treatment in some of the treaties being negotiated by the European Union (such as with Japan), this is more simply due to a question of the nature of the EU external competence in commercial matters. In its recent opinion on the EU-Singapore FTA, the Court of Justice of the EU has determined that the EU does not have exclusive competence to conclude agreements covering non-FDI and ISDS. The EU has thus responded to such opinion by splitting investment protection (with ISDS) from the rest of the trade agreement, thus keeping investment liberalization (including market access and national treatment) in the latter. In this way, while the trade agreement will fall under the exclusive competence of the EU, the former will still require ratification by each member state. While it is not clear whether the backlash vis-à-vis investment protection and ISDS in some quarters within some of the member states will eventually lead to the end of EU investment treaties, a decision in this sense has not yet been taken by EU institutions.

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