The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
Placing national and enforceable limits on PFAS in drinking water
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established national and legally enforceable levels for several per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that are found individually and as mixtures contaminating drinking water.
An efficient one-pot process to exfoliate and disperse graphene
Our recent paper in RSC Advances describes how sulfated cellulose nanofibrils can be used for aqueous exfoliation and dispersion of monolayer and bilayer graphene from graphite.
Vow Cultured Quail Authorized by Singapore Food Agency
We are delighted to share the news that the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has granted regulatory approval to Vow for the world’s first cell-cultured quail meat.
Creating industrially relevant cellulose reference materials for environmental, health and safety evaluations
There is an immediate need for cellulose nanofibril references and standards to support environmental, health and safety evaluations, product and application development of next-generation composite materials. A new paper outlines our recent work to develop systematically oxidized and well-characterized reference materials from industrially relevant dissolving pulp.
EFSA Opinion on Risk Assessment for Biotech-Based Food and Feed Products
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a public consultation on new developments in biotechnology applied to microorganisms and their products intended for food and feed use.