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10 themes from Future Food-Tech Summit 2023 in London

The Future Food-Tech Summit in London, held on September 28-29, 2023, was a melting pot of innovation, collaboration, and...

Recent plans for updates in the regulatory requirements of WGS analysis

Two new campaigns starting from next year 2024

Biosafe is pleased to announce that in addition to our cytotoxicity campaign, we will introduce two new campaigns starting...

Decoding the Updated EFSA Notification Requirements

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has been at the forefront of ensuring the food safety chain is transparent and...

Food safety regulations in the European Union

The European Union (EU) has some of the most stringent food safety regulations in the world. From the General Food Law to...

Biosafe will be at Future Food-Tech 2023 on September 28–29

We are thrilled to announce that Biosafe, will be participating in the world-renowned Future Food-Tech summit in London on...

Recap: exploring cellular agriculture and alternative proteins in Helsinki and Amsterdam

The inaugural 1st International Cellular Agriculture Conference CellAg 2023 held in Helsinki on June 14-15, 2023, marked a...

Biosafe's CEO to Speak at the 2nd Fermentation Enabled Alternative Protein Innovation Summit

Biosafe is excited to announce that our CEO, Dr. Pauliina Halimaa, will be speaking at the 2nd Fermentation Enabled...

Embracing the future of food: Biosafe sponsors the 1st International Cellular Agriculture Conference

Biosafe is thrilled to announce our sponsorship of the groundbreaking 1st International Cellular Agriculture Conference,...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Novel food status of microbial products in the EU

Microbial ingredients are moving fast, and EU market access still hinges on one deceptively simple question: was the product consumed to a significant...

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...

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