Authority & Legal
Europe: Rising income would drive meat demand, says OECD-FAO Outlook
Strong crop yields, higher productivity and slower growth in global demand should contribute to a gradual decline in real prices for agricultural products over...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion’s resistant starch obtains health claim in Australia
Ingredion has obtained a General Level Digestive Health Claim for Hi-Maize resistant starch from Food Standards Australia New Zealand, a statutory agency which is...
Americas: Solazyme receives FDA GRAS No Questions Letter for microalgae ingredients
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a favorable response to Solazyme’s notification concluding that Whole Algal Protein is Generally Recognized as...
Asia Pacific: Ingredion gets GLHC claim in Australia for resistant starch
Ingredion has a self-substantiated General Level Health Claim (GLHC) for Hi-Maize resistant starch based on digestive health.
A systematic literature review was undertaken and updated...
Europe: Bavaria awards Krones the OHRIS certificate for occupational safety
Krones has been awarded the Occupational Health and Risk Management System (OHRIS) certificate by the Bavarian state government for its commitment to occupational safety.
An...
Americas: Ajinomoto Windsor voluntarily recalls frozen food
Ajinomoto Windsor has voluntarily recalled various not-ready-to eat frozen food items due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
This...
Asia Pacific: Cornell receives US$4.8M to develop GE eggplant in region
To strengthen capacity to develop and disseminate genetically engineered (GE) eggplant in Bangladesh and the Philippines, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has...
Europe: Report shows link between antibiotic use, resistance
The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned about the impact of...
Europe: EFSA report finds dip in drug residues in food
Recent data on veterinary drug residues in animals and food shows 730,000 samples were reported in 2014 – a drop from the 1 million...
Asia Pacific: Health supplement industry looks to one ASEAN market
The global supplement sector has celebrated in Singapore this week the major steps that have been taken to create an ASEAN market in health...