Mar 16, 2023 | Food Safety Africa Magazine

EU sets new allowable limits for arsenic in some food products to reduce exposure risk

Mar 16, 2023Mar 19, 2023

EUROPE – As part of its “Europe’s Fighting Cancer Strategy,” which aims to reduce or eliminate the carcinogenic risk from chemicals in food in EU member states, the European Union (EU) has established new limitations on the amount of arsenic permissible in some food items, including infant formula. The new regulations, which are based on a scientific report from the…

Acheson Group granted Accredited Training Enterprise license

Mar 16, 2023Mar 19, 2023

U.S – The Acheson Group (TAG), a food safety consultancy firm, has received a BRCGS Standard license designating it as an Accredited Training Enterprise (ATE). BRCGS Approved Training Partners (ATPs) are internationally-recognized trainers who train auditors, sites, consultants, and retailers in BRCGS’ Global Standards requirements and protocol. TAG has previously offered training on the standards and protocol of the BRCGS…

Rwanda moves to improve meat safety, bans sale of unrefrigerated meat

Mar 16, 2023Mar 19, 2023

RWANDA – Rwanda has banned the sale of meat that has not been refrigerated for at least 24 hours before sale in order to combat the transmission of zoonotic and transmissible diseases, in accordance with an earlier legislation issued in May 2022 to regulate meat enterprises. The Rwanda Inspectorate, Competition and Consumer Protection Authority (RICA), the nation’s basic consumer rights…