Legislation

05-Jan-2001 - A voluntary, user-fee-funded program to inspect and certify equipment andutensils used to process livestock and poultry products is now in place, theU.S. Department of Agriculture...

New prebiotic receives GRAS approval

04-Jan-2001 - American GTC Nutrition Company announced this week that the prebiotic foodingredient, NutraFlora(R) short chain fructooligosaccharide (scFOS(TM))product, has been recognised as GRAS(generally recognized as safe) by...

First winery receives HACCP certification

03-Jan-2001 - Australian wine makers BRL Hardy Ltd revealed this week that its new Reynellawinery in South Australia has been awarded Hazard Analysis Critical ControlPoint certification, a...

International HACCP Alliance members elected

03-Jan-2001 - In December the International Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point Allianceelected new officers for 2001. Serving on the executive committee are: DonDalton, U.S. Poultry & Egg...

Sri Lanka tightens food safety policy

27-Dec-2000 - The Health Ministry in Sri Lanka is to launch a National Policy on food safety from next year to ensure that foods available at hotels...

US consumers to enjoy new Organic labelling

21-Dec-2000 - US consumers to enjoy new Organic labellingAmerican shoppers will soon find a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) label on organic fruits, vegetables and meats produced...

First-come-first-served for EU banana imports

21-Dec-2000 - The Agricultural Council of the European Union voted to adopt a regime that calls for a five-year continuation of import quotas and a change to...

Byrne calls for EU states to enforce BSE legislation

20-Dec-2000 - David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection hasissued a statement aimed at reassuring worried Europeans in the wake offurther BSE discoveries in Germany,...

Quotas slashed to help cod and hake

18-Dec-2000 - The European Union agreed this week on drastic cuts of fishing quotas for2001. Fishery ministers from E.U. countries finally agreed to cut by 40 percent...

Dutch impose poultry labels

18-Dec-2000 - The Dutch poultry industry must soon place labels on its chicken products,warning consumers that the product could cause illness. The Dutch governmentmaintains that the industry...

Opportunities for beef imports to Korea

15-Dec-2000 - The World Trade Organisation (WTO) appellate body this week upheld a previousdecision that a range of measures on the import, distribution, and retail saleof imported...

Canada moves towards irradiated meat

14-Dec-2000 - The Canadian Cattlemen's Association (CCA) has announced that it has receiveda favourable recommendation from Health Canada on its petition to permit theirradiation of ground beef...

New hygiene rules from Commissioner Byrne

13-Dec-2000 - The most radical shake up for 25 years of the European Union's food hygienerules was announced by Ireland's Commissioner David Byrne last July. Althoughthe aim...

Taste-masking technology receives patent

13-Dec-2000 - US company, AMBI Inc., this week received US Patent No. 6,156,332 coveringcompositions and their uses for reducing the unpleasant taste and after-tasteof a wide range...

JHCI launches Code of Practice

12-Dec-2000 - Consumer groups, the food industry and regulators in the U.K. launched theJoint Health Claims Initiative (JHCI) Code of Practise last week. The Code,backed by a...

FDA reopens comment on trans fatty acid claim

07-Dec-2000 - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reopening to January 19, 2001, the comment period for a document published in the Federal Register of November...

FDA clears claim for Vitamin B

05-Dec-2000 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced this week that when appropriately qualified, health claims regarding the therapeutic effects of vitamins B-6 and B-12...

FDA to allow irradiation of juices

01-Dec-2000 - The Food and Drug Administration is amending its food additive regulations toprovide for the use of ultraviolet irradiation to reduce human pathogens and other microorganisms...

FDA amends food additive regulations

30-Nov-2000 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is amending the food additive regulations to provide for the safe use of ultraviolet (UV) irradiation to reduce...

Ocean Spray announce Vice-President for new product division

28-Nov-2000 - Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., announced this week that Karl R. Johnson, an executive with Foote Cone and Belding and Dr. Pepper/Cadbury Beverages, has joined the...

Animal feed ban across EU would cost billions

28-Nov-2000 - Before introducing a total ban on meat and bone meal in animal feed the European Union must carefully consider the consequences, European Farm Commissioner Franz...

New food labelling laws please Australian consumers

27-Nov-2000 - Consumers have won the right to know more about what they eat, but manufacturers claim it will cost $400 million and result in a 2...

Label versus content

21-Nov-2000 - A new study by the independent testing firm ConsumerLab.com has found that close to 12% of the most popular calcium-containing products in the US do...

FDA announced labelling compliance date

21-Nov-2000 - The U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set January 1, 2004 as the uniform compliance date for food labelling regulations that are issued between January...

Euro consumer group criticises food supplement regulations

20-Nov-2000 - "It is essential for consumer protection to set clear restrictions on the authorisation of food supplements", says the EuropeanCommunity of Consumer Co-operatives (Euro Coop), Europe...