The European Commission has asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) to evaluate the risk for consumers arising from the presence of residues of anti-inflammatory drug phenylbutazone in ...
Honey laundering trails all lead to China Drones begin descent on US agriculture Forensic marker dogs on trail of metal thieves Honey bees are a massive global business, responsible for a third of the world’s food production. Honey ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a full public consultation on the safety of aspartame after publishing its draft opinion, which states it poses “no toxicity” worries for consumers at current levels. ...
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Sustainability will continue to rise up the corporate agenda, emerging markets will become increasingly important and commodity prices will continue to rise in 2013, according to predictions from Leatherhead Food Research (LFR). Poor ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut insisted it is "confident" on the outlook for the coming fiscal year after investments weighed on the group's bottom line. Barry Callebaut booked a drop in net profit this morning, with earnings for ...
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The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has relaxed certain fish freezing requirements in the UK. Under the new requirements, certain farmed fish destined to be eaten raw in dishes like sushi no longer need to be frozen before use. This move ...
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The European Commission has adopted two new legislations featuring an approved list of food flavoring substances. According to the commission, the flavorings featured on the permitted list only will be allowed for use by the food ...
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Food sourced from cloned animals and their offspring do not pose any safety concerns compared to products from conventional sources,according to the latest review by the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA). The review,which is line with ...
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The European Food safety Authority (EFSA) is asking stakeholders and other parties to submit the information on the toxicity and occurrence of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in certain food and animal feed. Tetrahydrocannabinol is the key ...
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An alternative test should be developed to determine if the controversial antibiotic nitrofurazone has been used in the production of honey, according to a new review commissioned by the Food Standards Agency in Scotland (FSAS). ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said the recycling processes are not unsafe as long as the proportion of rPET from non-food consumer applications does not exceed 5% and are operated under well-defined conditions. This was ...
A study linking a type of genetically modified corn developed by Monsanto to health risks in rats lacked sufficient scientific quality in order to arrive at any conclusions with regard to the safety of such crops, said European Food Safety ...
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has delayed the release of a re-evaluation of the sweetener aspartame, in order to facilitate additional review of new data. While the release was scheduled for September 2012, the EFSA had asked ...
Tags: sweetener aspartame, additional review, re-evaluation of aspartame
The African Union (AU) is planning to establish food safety authority along with a Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF), in order to strengthen trade and prevent food-borne diseases. AU's Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources ...
Tags: food safety authority, food-borne diseases, rural areas