In the News: Forever Chemicals

Forever Chemicals Made the News this week on ABC!

Check out our article about Water Quality Here!

ABC News covers the growing concerns over PFAS as independent testing discovers unregulated PFAS in 49 of the 50 U.S. States. This plant in Tucson, Arizona unexpectedly shutdown after discovering that their PFAS levels where hundreds of times the recommended standard suggested by the EPA. Also known as “Forever Chemicals,” PFAS are currently unregulated by the EPA and have been linked to cancer, liver damage, low infant birth weight, adverse effects on the immune system, and thyroid hormone disruption.

Check out the full ABC News article here.

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In the News: Food Fraud

Here is an overview of some of the larger food fraud cases from around the world!

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The Spanish Civil Guard seized 15 tons of mislabeled grapes that were not organic as advertised. They were bound for Spain and France.

10 tons of lollipops and candies were seized in Indian for being adulterated with talcum powder

Bulgaria’s National Potatoes Growers Association found French and German potatoes mislabeled as Bulgarian which allowed them to be sold for double their actually market value.

Italy seized more than two tons of cheese and 100 kg of tomatoes lacking documentation and in violation of hygiene standards.

Also in Italy, two companies were caught mislabeling apple juice as organic when it was made with expired fruit. The fraud was valued as 5 million euros in value.

The Jordan Food and Drug Administration seized 27 tons of powdered milk and cheese with falsified nutrition labels that were unfit for human consumption.

For more Food Fraud cases, check out this list from the European Commission earlier this year!

Food a review of the biggest cases from 2020, click here!