The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) this week
announced an amendent to the regulations surrounding Swiss cheese.
The changes will increase...
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...
Makers of unpasteurised fruit and vegetable juices must take new
safety steps to ensure products are not contaminated with
salmonella or other germs,...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday issued a
proposed rule and a draft guidance document concerning food
developed through biotechnology....
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman proposes to expand
nutrition labelling for meat and poultry to include fat, calorie,
and cholesterol information,...
Italy has lifted a ban on cattle imports from France after deeming
its own tests sufficient to protect consumers from the risks of mad
cow disease, Associated...
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....
US Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman announced this week a new
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) requirement intended
to improve the safety...
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 Health Ministry in Sri Lanka is to launch a National Policy on
food safety from next year to ensure that foods available at hotels
and fast food centres...
US consumers to enjoy new Organic labellingAmerican shoppers will
soon find a US Department of Agriculture (USDA) label on organic
fruits, vegetables...
David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection hasissued a statement aimed at reassuring worried
Europeans in the wake offurther...
The Dutch poultry industry must soon place labels on its chicken
products,warning consumers that the product could cause illness.
The Dutch governmentmaintains...
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.
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...
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...
Before introducing a total ban on meat and bone meal in animal feed
the European Union must carefully consider the consequences,
European Farm Commissioner...
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 per
cent rise in food...
"It is essential for consumer protection to set clear restrictions
on the authorisation of food supplements", says the
EuropeanCommunity of Consumer...
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.
Proposed new labelling laws on nutritional content will be good not
only for the public but for the future financial health of the
industry, says Ian...
As Canada develops national standards for the voluntary labelling
of GM or non-GM foods the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada
hosted a forum to...
Germany and France are keen to establish the proposed European Food
Authority (EFA) as quickly as possible. The speedy creation of the
Authority, adopted...
The U.S. biotechnology industry is bracing for a renewed campaign
by consumer activists next year to restrict the movement toward
genetically modified...
A budget increase for the Scottish Food Standards Agency will boost
the Agency's programme to ensure that Scottish consumers get safer,
more nutritious...
Food safety enforcement officials in the U.K. take on new
responsibilities under revised codes of practice submitted to
health ministers by the Food Standards...
The European Commission yesterday adopted a proposal to lay down
the fundamental principles and requirements of food law and to
establish a European Food...
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....
Today from 5 to 7 p.m. (CET), David Byrne, Commissioner for Health
and Consumer Protection, will take part in a live internet debate
on Food Safety. The...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced last week
that there is still not enough "scientific agreement" to state that
omega-3 fatty acids...
A major overhaul is planned for the sugar industry in 2003 by the
European Commission that aims to bring more competition into the
market, EUBusiness...
The European Commission has adopted a proposal to exclude condemned
animal material from the feed chain, EUBusiness reported recently.
The move 'is one...
A working group for an international task force on standards made
from genetically modified organisms started its second meeting on
Monday in Tokyo to...
On 8 November 2000 from 5pm to 7pm (CET) David Byrne, the European
Commissioner for Health and Consumer protection is inviting
Europeans to participate...
A committee of European Union Member State food experts postponed a
decision last week on whether to force Italy to reverse a national
ban of four genetically...
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...
A Democratic Senator in the US offered legislation on Wednesday to
reassure consumers that biotech foods are safe by creating a
federal registry of all...
Six global vitamin producers have agreed to pay $335m to settle a
lawsuit in the US, in a continuing crackdown on vitamin
price-fixing, the Financial...
The UK Soil Association has approved an organic encapsulated Sodium
Bicarbonate produced by TasteTech, a Bristol food technology
company. The ingredient...
The US government is allowing farmers to display the new seal,
"Free Farmed" on meat and dairy products to attest that they meet
new voluntary standards...
The U.K Food Standards Agency is to start public consultation until
the beginning of November on its draft report of BSE controls. Sir
Joh Krebs, Chairman...
Manufacturers of infant food are lobbying the World Health
Organisation (WHO) to delay any change to its recommendations on
the optimal length of exclusive...
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...
European Union farm ministers meeting this week in Biarritz,
France, were divided over how fast to clear new genetically
modified crops and maintain public...
The Dutch Government is to help Hungary set up a regional food
safety centre near Budapest, according to Laurens Jan Brinkhorst
Minister of Agriculture,...
Proposals to change current UK legislation on BSE protection
measures - bringing it into line with new measures across the
European Union - were issued...
