Biological hazards, or biohazards, contain living organisms that can pose dangers to human health. In the workplace, these can include blood, human waste, pathogens, and more. Biological hazards are ...

Biological workplace hazards are not limited to professions where you might expect this kind of issue, such as companies with laboratories or factory settings. Biological hazards can be found in a law ...

A new CRP titled “Investigating the safety of edible insects, other ‘novel’ foods and hazards associated with their production and processing practices” is hereby, presented. The increasing demand for ...

As many have discovered, insects can be a delicious, not-at-all-creepy food source that could save us all from a looming global protein deficit. The good news is that the main objection to raising ...

Earlier this year, Belgium’s Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain stated that insects for human consumption “appear to offer great potential” as an alternative protein source. The agency’s ...

The European Food Safety Authority has published its initial risk assessment of using insects as a source of protein for human consumption and animal feed. It concluded that risks to human and animal ...