On January 27, 2025, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announced a major recall of several beverage products sold across Belgium, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France due to the detection of elevated levels of chlorate.
South Korea MFDS concluded its investigation into the contamination of sterilized milk with cleaning solution during production at the Gwangju facility of Maeil Dairies, the South Korean dairy giant.
Media investigation revealed a disturbing issue of mixed use of tanker trucks for edible oils and chemical oils. Some trucks don't even clean their tanks between different transport, leading to contamination of edible oils with residual chemicals in tanker truck transport.
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical's recall of FFC products containing beni koji ingredient has greatly impacted the current health functional food Industry. Many enterprises have been asked to provide product safety information.