06-Nov-2009 - NutraIngredients asked its readers for their views on whether the EU health claims regulation is stifling innovation in Europe. And we received a lot of responses...
03-Nov-2009 - The European Commission last week approved three varieties of genetically modified maize for import and processing for food and feed uses, as soy imports into the EU were held up by the bloc’s zero tolerance policy.
02-Nov-2009 - EFSA has given the first indication of the data it sees as necessary for approval of new flavourings, under the new regulation and common authorisation procedure that came into force this year.
30-Oct-2009 - Hope that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) might moderate its clinical-trial weighted approach for general health claims in the EU dried up on October 1, when it rejected 70 per cent of 500+ dossiers, including 181 of 181 probiotic dossiers.
30-Oct-2009 - The European Commission is mulling labelling to help consumers’ identify animal welfare-friendly products and incentivise producers to improve welfare. But campaigners say voluntary measures are not enough.
29-Oct-2009 - The European Commission has laid out a series of steps to improve supply chain relations in the food chain, and has launched a new tool to help ensure price transparency between actors.
26-Oct-2009 - Everybody wants food to be safe - but the recent slugging match over how best to protect US consumers from E.coli-tainted meat highlights whether legislation or self-regulation is the answer to mending the country's flawed safety system.
26-Oct-2009 - Australia and New Zealand are to undertake a review of food labelling laws and policy to reduce the regulatory burden on food companies without compromising health and safety.
20-Oct-2009 - The ping-pong of approvals for GM crops in Europe played another round yesterday, when the Commission failed to reach agreement on MIR604 and a Council vote on three others was inconclusive.
16-Oct-2009 - The signing of a free trade deal between the EU and Korea has been hailed by the food and beverage industry, as it will unlock new market access for the sector.
15-Oct-2009 - EFSA has found no grounds to justify a re-evaluation of preservative ethyl lauroyl arginate following the presentation of new information on toxicology – even though its ADI is lower than those set by other authorities.
13-Oct-2009 - Novel food regulation functions as an unintentional trade barrier to heritage foods and affects supply chain development and poverty alleviation in developing countries, according to a new report.
12-Oct-2009 - Is taxing soda really an evil plan to curb your individual freedom? Conspiracy theories aside, perhaps it’s simply a sensible scheme to tackle obesity when personal choice has failed.
09-Oct-2009 - As an outbreak of norovirus in southern Finland has been linked to frozen raspberries from Poland, the Finnish food safety authority, Evira, says raspberries must be heated before use.
07-Oct-2009 - Agriculture ministers heard plans for an expert group to study the future of the dairy sector at a meeting in Brussels on Monday - marked more by protests outside than events inside.
05-Oct-2009 - October 1 was not a good day for many in the functional foods and food supplements business in the European Union as the meaning of life under a highly restrictive health claims regime came more into focus.
01-Oct-2009 - With the doors closed on an EC meeting due to decide the future of omega-3 nutrient content claims, the UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has suggested it opposes the proposed labelling.
30-Sep-2009 - The European Dairy Association (EDA) has hosted a conference to push the case for a rethink of attitudes to saturated fat in advance of proposed tax and public policy changes.
29-Sep-2009 - The French department responsible for tackling fraud has issued a new note setting out how the term ‘natural’ should be used on food products.
29-Sep-2009 - The EU has launched a new campaign to encourage healthy eating among school children, bringing the Tasty Bunch roadshow to 18000 kids in 180 schools, in seven counties.
23-Sep-2009 - The amended novel foods approval must reinforce the principle of mutual recognition between member states if the fast-track process for traditional foods eaten outside the EU is to work, says an expert.
23-Sep-2009 - The director of a British food supplier which falsely described its products as organic has been jailed for more than two years, in what is believed to be the first custodial sentence for organic food fraud in the UK.
23-Sep-2009 - More work is needed on opening up GM assessment to integrate public concerns, attendees at a conference on the possible risks of genetically modified organisms heard this week.
23-Sep-2009 - A proposal to temporarily ban international trade in bluefin tuna to allow stocks to recuperate suffered a blow this week, when member states voted against them.
22-Sep-2009 - EFSA is to bring together experts on novel foods and manufacturers at an event that will help it put together guidance for future applicants under the revised legislation.