Stevia producer PureCircle says the adoption of proposed maximum levels for steviol glycosides by the Codex Alimentarius Commission will open up new markets for the high-intensity sweetener.
After years of debate around the issue of labelling of genetically modified or engineered foods the Codex Committee on Food Labelling has decided to abandon work on a definition of the term biotechnology.
Risk analysis is on the table at an upcoming European codex session
next week in Bratislava with EU 25 offering its support to a
proposal for new principles on the issue while calling for
flexibility.
As the UN's Codex Alimentarius Commission announces an agreement on
international guidelines for food trade and production, farmers and
commodity traders in southern Indian state of Kerala know that good
standards mean better...
The global food standards body Codex Alimentarius Commission has
adopted a landmark agreement on how to assess the risks to
consumers from foods derived from biotechnology, the FAO and the
World Health Organisation (WHO) said this...
The new biotechnology, or gene-splicing, applied to agriculture and
food, has a difficult road to hoe, and the international
organisation, Codex Alimentarius Commission, is not helping the
issue, criticises Dr. Henry Miller in a recent...