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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Americas: Anchor Packaging obtains food safety certification
Anchor Packaging has earned the High Hygiene certification from NSF International for the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Packaging.
The BRC...
Europe: DSM’s antioxidant gets EU approval
DSM Nutritional Products has received European Union (EU) Novel Foods approval for resVida, a high purity trans-resveratrol.
The ruling means resVida can be placed...
Europe: EIT Food to transform region’s food sector
The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has announced EIT Food as the winner of a pan-European competition on the Food4Future call.
EIT...
Americas: FoodChain ID releases program on non-GMO verification
FoodChain ID has announced a new 30-day guarantee for non-genetically modified organism (GMO) Project verification of low-GMO risk products.
The program is offered at no extra...
Europe: More unsafe food incidences go unreported, says WHO
On World Health Day 2015 in April 7, World Health Organization (WHO)/Europe estimates that levels of foodborne disease are much higher than currently reported...
Europe: Sealed Air buys Finnish CIP company
Sealed Air Corporation has acquired Tampereen Teollsuussähkö Oy (TTS-Ciptec), which optimizes Cleaning in Place (CIP) systems through remote monitoring capabilities and predictive analytics services...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra site receives new food safety certification
Fonterra Te Awamutu has become the first site in the world to be awarded the newly created Food Safety System Certification 22000 – Quality,...
Europe: FAO food price index shows signs of stabilization after summer drop
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' (FAO's) monthly food price index was stable in October 2014, as sugar and vegetable oil...
Europe: Henkel releases documents for compliance work
Henkel releases Food Contact Statements (FCS) for its adhesive solutions, offering detailed information on the results of Henkel’s thorough risk assessment in Europe.
They...
Europe: BPA exposure poses no health risks, finds EFSA
Bisphenol A (BPA) exposure poses no health risk to consumers of any age group (including unborn children, infants and adolescents) at current exposure levels,...