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European Regulator Issues New Safety Guidance for Food From Third Countries
Nov 14, 2016The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has come up with new guidance documents relating to the safety of novel and traditional food from third countries. According to EFSA, the fresh regulation has been made in an attempt to ensure the ...
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EFSA Completes Re-Evaluation of Food Colours Permitted for Use Before 2009
Sep 21, 2016European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed its re-evaluation of all food colours permitted for use in the European Union before 2009. For the final re-evaluation, EFSA’s experts concluded that available data on titanium ...
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Organic Milk and Meat Best for Boosting Omega 3 Consumption
Feb 18, 2016Organic milk and meat contain approximately 50 per cent more omega-3 fatty acids than non-organic options according to a new study published yesterday in Volume 115, Issue 5 of the British Journal of Nutrition. The largest study of its ...
Tags: Organic milk, meat
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SurePure Announces Publication of Efsa Landmark Opinion That UV-Treated Milk Is Safe
Feb 8, 2016SurePure, a global leader in liquid photopurification, announced the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its opinion stating that cow's milk treated by SurePure's UltraViolet light photo purification technology after ...
Tags: UV-Treated Milk, SurePure
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Naturex Secures EFSA Approval on Safety of Thaumatin for Use in Several Food Applications
Nov 26, 2015Manufacturer of plant-based specialty ingredients Naturex has gained European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) approval on the safety of Thaumatin (E 957) for use in a broad range of applications. Talin is a natural extract derived from ...
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European Regulators Affirm Glyphosate Safety
Nov 18, 2015European Union regulators have concluded that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is unlikely to cause cancer, a ruling that runs counter to a controversial assessment issued recently by an arm of the World Health Organization. The ...
Tags: herbicide, glyphosate, fruits, vegetables
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Ajonomoto's Dihydrocapsiate Gains Novel Food Ingredient Status with FSA Approval
Oct 26, 2015The UK Food Standard Agency has awarded marketing authorization to Japanese food producer Ajinomoto Company for dihydrocapsiate (DHC) as a novel food ingredient to be used in powdered drinks and dietary supplements. With the ...
Tags: powdered drinks, DHC, food ingredient
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EFSA Has Identified Standard Storage Period and Carbon Dioxide Level in Packaging
Jul 7, 2015The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA has identified standard storage period and carbon dioxide level in packaging to avoid histamine formation in pre-packaged fishery products. The agency has recommended a combination of storage ...
Tags: food safety, food packaging, EFSA, frozen food
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European Parliament Committee to Ban on Cloning of Farm Animals
Jun 19, 2015The European Parliament's environment and agriculture committee has voted in favor of ban on cloning of farm animals, as well as food products from both clones and their offspring in the EU. This comes in view of potential health risks ...
Tags: Food Products, Cloned Animals
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New Violations of Pesticide Standards
Apr 9, 2015Nearly all food samples tested by European Union officials in 2013 contained legally acceptable amounts of pesticide residue, according to a recent report. The European Food Safety Authority's latest analysis examined nearly 81,000 ...
Tags: Pesticide Standards, pesticide violations, Manufacturing
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Food Law and Policy Development
Apr 2, 2015It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
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An Open Consultation on The Draft Scientific Opinion on The Safety of Caffeine
Jan 20, 2015The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched an open consultation on the draft scientific opinion on the safety of caffeine that was presented recently to EFSA. The provisional findings of the Draft Scientific Opinion on the ...
Tags: energy drink, public health, Agriculture
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Milliken and Company Will Showcase Innovative Ways to Enhance The Look of PP Products
Oct 30, 2014Polyolefins additives supplier Milliken and Company will showcase innovative ways to enhance the look of polypropylene (PP) products along with solutions to protect the contents of PET packaged food, beverage and consumer products at ...
Tags: Milliken, Innovations
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EFSA Has Updated Its Advice on Intake Levels of Energy
Aug 21, 2014Europe’s food safety assessor European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has updated its advice on intake levels of energy, macronutrients and micronutrients in infant and follow-on formula, with the recommended maximum level of protein ...
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Phoenix Technologies Has Secured Approval From The EFSA for Its Manufacturing Process
Jul 25, 2014Recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) producer Phoenix Technologies International has secured approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its manufacturing process, which is based on extra small particle size ...
Tags: Phoenix Technologies, EFSA, Packaging