The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a letter to
the food industry restating the requirements of the Federal Food,
Drug, andCosmetic...
During a survey of canned fruit and vegetable products the UK Food
Standards Agency (FSA) this week found high levels of tin in
samples of 400g cans of...
A proposal for a European Directive to cover food supplements,
wasadopted by the European Parliament's Committee on the
Environment, Public Health and...
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Chilean Foreign Minister
Soledad Alvear have agreed to bring to an end a 20 year old dispute
on spirits, and reached...
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld complaints
dating from 1997 about the claims made for the "energy" drink Red
Bull, the BBC reports....
At a meeting last week of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
to discuss threats to the US blood supply, the FDA announced that
it will be considering...
Cerestar USA, part of the French Cerestar Group, and manufacturer
of starch and starch derivatives's for the food industry, has
received GRAS (Generally...
An advert that claimed salted peanuts had the same health benefits
as for olive oil has been criticised by the UK advertising
watchdog, the BBC reports....
Australian wine makers BRL Hardy Ltd revealed this week that its
new Reynellawinery in South Australia has been awarded Hazard
Analysis Critical ControlPoint...
In December the International Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Point Allianceelected new officers for 2001. Serving on the
executive committee are:
DonDalton,...
The most radical shake up for 25 years of the European Union's food
hygienerules was announced by Ireland's Commissioner last July. By
Raymond O'Rourke.
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...
Irish Commissioner David Byrne unveiled a major initiative on 8
November 2000 aimed at regaining the confidence of European
consumers in the food they eat.
The U.K. Food Standards Authority announced recently that public
consultation has started on proposals for an EU-wide ban on
"pithing" in cattle, sheep...
U.S banana producers can claim that their fruit reduces the risk of
blood pressure and a stroke the International Banana Association
announced last week....
The French government announced last week that it would ban cow
intestines from food because of fears it might transmit 'mad cow
disease,' to humans,...
Fibre supplement manufacturers will not be able to claim on labels
that consuming fibre may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, the
US Food and Drug...
The UK Soil Association has approved an organic encapsulated Sodium
Bicarbonate produced by TasteTech, a Bristol food technology
company. The ingredient...
Anglo-Dutch Unilever and Finnish Raisio were given the go-ahead by
U.S regulators to market their cholesterol-fighting spreads as
proven cholesterol-cutting...
Proposals to change current UK legislation on BSE protection
measures - bringing it into line with new measures across the
European Union - were issued...
New regulations on labelling of genetically modified foods, made in
Wellington, New Zealand last month by Health Ministers from New
Zealand and Australian...
