Testing, inspection and certification firm SGS has published a white paper addressing new EU rules on Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat foods. Released on 20 July 2026, the document outlines Regulation (EU) 2024/2895, which applies to ready-to-eat products from 1 July 2026, and sets out compliance steps for food business operators and food safety professionals.

The European Food & Fermentation Cultures Association (EFFCA) has published its Industry Guidance for the Quality, Safety, and Labelling of Food Cultures, a July 2026 document setting out best practice for the safety assessment, composition and labelling of food cultures (FC) used across dairy, meat, wine and baking applications.

A synergistic system combining dielectric barrier discharge plasma with a chiral titanium dioxide/sodium alginate composite film has demonstrated significant advances in postharvest cherry tomato preservation, reducing microbial counts, extending shelf life by more than four days, and degrading chlorpyrifos pesticide residues to 65.86% – well below regulatory limits – without chemical preservatives.