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13.05.2020

Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis in Feed Additive Research

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is a technique for producing fingerprints of large DNA-molecules, such as bacterial...

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20.03.2020

Safer products make a better world – Biosafe

The story of Biosafe began with the international Biosafe Paper project, which aimed to develop safety testing for paper and...

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16.03.2020

Biosafe continues to serve normally amid COVID-19

Biosafe has made strong preparations for the effects of the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. We will continue to...

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28.02.2020

How to successfully navigate in the midst of EFSA requirements?

You have discovered a new microorganism that you plan to use as a feed additive or in any food product. And you have...

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26.02.2020

Pauliina Halimaa appointed as Managing Director of Biosafe starting 1.3.2020

Pauliina Halimaa, PhD, has been appointed as Managing Director of Biosafe Oy as of March 1, 2020. Pauliina has been with...

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07.09.2019

Amendments to EU General Food Law are coming. What will change?

On Friday, 6 September 2019, a Regulation amending the General Food Law from 2002 was published in the EU Official Journal....

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09.04.2019

EFSA updated guidance: environmental risk assessment of feed additives

On 5 April 2019, the EFSA FEEDAP Panel published updated guidance on environmental risk assessment (ERA) after examining the...

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05.02.2019

QPS, a useful concept in the safety evaluation of microorganisms

…and I do not mean Queries Per Second, which is a common measure of the amount of search traffic an information retrieval...

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12.04.2021

EFSA’s Requirements for Whole Genome Sequencing of Microorganisms

Whole genome sequencing is required by the European Food Safety Authority
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05.02.2019

QPS, a useful concept in the safety evaluation of microorganisms

…and I do not mean Queries Per Second, which is a common measure of the amount of search traffic an information retrieval system, such as a search eng...
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09.03.2021

Transparency Regulation in the EU 2021 — How to Comply

Regulation (EU) 2019/1381 of the European Parliament and Council on the transparency and sustainability of the European Union risk assessment in the f...
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23.03.2021

In vitro efficacy in feed additives — How to test for it

To register a feed additive in the European Union, its efficacy should be demonstrated in trials which follow common feed manufacturing, animal husban...
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18.12.2020

Registering a microorganism in the EU as a feed additive or food microbe

Registering a new microorganism as a feed additive or food microbe (as novel food) may be difficult to start with if one is not familiar with the EU l...
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10.02.2021

What’s in store for 2021

In the spirit of transparency, we wanted to shine a light on this year and what is happening at Biosafe too.
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26.02.2020

Pauliina Halimaa appointed as Managing Director of Biosafe starting 1.3.2020

Pauliina Halimaa, PhD, has been appointed as Managing Director of Biosafe Oy as of March 1, 2020. Pauliina has been with Biosafe for over three years,...
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03.09.2020

Biosafe is now a member of EuropaBio

We are glad to announce that we have been accepted as an associate member of EuropaBio, Europe’s largest and most influential biotech industry organiz...
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