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Novel foods demand novel regulations: Case EU Novel Food Regulation

January 27, 1997 was a historical date for European food legislation. Regulation (EC) No 258/97 on novel foods and novel...

Biosafe at the Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit 31.1. - 2.2.2023

We are excited to announce our participation in the 3rd annual Fermentation-Enabled Alternative Protein Summit in San...

The food system is being changed by microbiology and bioinformatics

We have two new professionals at Biosafe, a microbiologist and a bioinformatician, who gave their views on what is moving...

Come and meet us at Slush 2022 – The World's Leading Startup Event!

4,600 startup founders and operators. 2,600 investors. 400 media representatives.

Biosafe will be at EFIB'22 in Vilnius, Lithuania on October 26–27!

Pauliina Halimaa, Biosafe’s Managing Director, and Liisa Rimpiläinen, Biosafe’s Business Development Manager, will attend...

Biosafe will be at the Future Food-Tech summit in London on Sep 22-23!

We look forward to meeting forward-thinking food brand directors, investors and entrepreneurs to share, showcase and scale...

Mistakes to avoid when analysing recombinant DNA in food products

Precision fermentation has opened a vast trove of new food products Fermented foods made with traditional fermenting involve...

Your guide on the journey to EU market authorisation

Liisa Rimpiläinen is Biosafe’s Business Development Manager, responsible for sales and customer relationships. She is...

US vs EU: Getting American microbial products into the European market

The European requirements for regulated products in the food chain are among the strictest in the world. Food safety is...

Precision fermentation is ready. EU novel food approval isn’t.

The EU keeps precision fermentation-derived foods safe. But is it also keeping them off European tables altogether?

EFSA’s 2025 guidance on microorganisms: approaching harmonisation

On 24 September 2025, the Scientific Committee of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) adopted a new Guidance on the characterisation of microorg...

Probiotics and beyond in the EU: A regulatory maze for food and feed

Probiotics – those “good bacteria” found in yoghurts, supplements, and animal feed – are big business and a hot topic.

MoPS update: current status and next steps

EFSA’s Microorganisms Pipelines Service, MoPS, is progressing towards implementation as a key tool for analysing whole genome sequence data in regulat...

Microbial testing – An overview of what it is and what it is for

Every day, we come into contact with microorganisms. While many are harmless, a few can invade our bodies causing severe illness or contamination. Yet...

The GMO banana Europe may never get to eat

Bananas, biotechnology and Europe’s evolving GMO rules meet in one unusually revealing story about a lost variety, a spreading disease and the questio...

Updated EFSA guidance on microorganisms in the food chain

What’s new at a glance: five key takeaways One guidance now covers all sectors of the EU food chain, unifying expectations for microorganisms. Whole g...

Fungal mycelium in novel foods: safety, regulation and benefits

Fungal mycelium – the filamentous, vegetative network that forms the main body of a fungus – is rapidly becoming one of the most promising ingredients...

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