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News Wageningen Food Safety Research
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Light-emitting crops require a careful safety assessment
- With the help of biotechnology, it is possible to develop crops that can emit light when they are diseased, for example. These light-emitting plants,... -
Safe, pure and fewer pesticide residues: The consumer case for strip cropping
- What if you could both improve biodiversity and win over consumers with bread? Researchers from Wageningen University & Research found that bread... -
FAO report outlines food safety aspects and regulatory frameworks for precision fermentation
- Recently a report has been published that focuses on the food safety aspects of precision fermentation. The publication ‘Precision fermentation... -
PFAS: stubborn and hard to replace
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), make clothing waterproof and paper grease-resistant, but they are so persistent that you find them in... -
Lack of reference standards hampers research into new chemical risks
- All European countries have laws and regulations in place to monitor the risks of chemicals in, for example, food, drinking water and food packaging.... -
A closer look at four residual flows as insect feed
- Residual flows such as manure or kitchen waste can be used to breed insects, but this is not yet allowed. This has to do with risks regarding food... -
Using federated artificial intelligence to overcome data sharing barriers to better detect food fraud
- Many companies are generating relevant data for food authentication during their quality control protocols, as proof against food fraud. To do so,... -
‘We aim to reduce the number of structural high-volume users of antibiotics’
- The use of antibiotics in the Dutch livestock sector has stabilised after an earlier drop of approximately 70 per cent. Has the usage of antibiotics... -
PFAS webinar series
- In November, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) organised a series of PFAS webinars to inform interested parties about our knowledge and... -
Detecting microplastics in insects
- Researchers of Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), part of Wageningen University & Research, have developed a method for detecting...