Calls to food manufacturers to develop alternative methods for sealing jars of food were voiced by the UK Food Standards Agency this week following a European scientific review on the presence of ...

The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has updated its advice on semicarbazide, saying there is no reason to change current dietary habits, but recommending the industry takes precautionary action for ...

Semicarbazide is a widespread food contaminant that can cause cancer and nerve damage. Due to the lack of optical response of traditional methods, it is difficult to construct an efficient and ...

Semicarbazide is used as an indicator of the use of the banned nitrofan antibiotic substance nitrofurazone in poultry products. It is a weak carcinogen however, and is banned in the EU. Data from the ...

The European Food Safety Authority has said that scientific analysis indicates that semicarbazide may have been found in some plastic sealing gaskets used in lids of glass jars and in some packaged ...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the food industry have alerted EU member states to possible findings of semicarbazide, a chemical that may cause cancer, in some foods sold in jars.