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Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: Carbon price tags needed on bioplastics, says association
European Bioplastics is supporting initiatives to develop global carbon-pricing mechanisms and implement them effectively.
It says these measures would be needed to incorporate the external...
Europe: TÜV SÜD speaks at food safety conference
To safeguard the quality of food products throughout the entire length of procurement and supply chains, companies must establish appropriate safety standards.
However, the process...
Europe: NYCO releases food grade esters for greases
NYCO has received NSF HX-1 registration for its new synthetic ester Nycobase 32506 FG, a high temperature neopolyol ester.
Designed to optimize thermo-oxidative stability, the...
Americas: FDA to overhaul nutrition facts label
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced plans to overhaul the Nutrition Facts label on the back of packaged foods.
The announcement...
Asia Pacific: Tuv Sud extends food safety services in India
The International Accreditation Service has accredited Tuv Sud's food testing lab in Vizag for a period of three years.
Consequently, food products testing in the...
Europe: EFSA awards duo for app
Loana Furcoi and Roberto Capuano have won first prize with 'EFSA to the people', an app that uses optical character recognition technology to perform...
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...
Europe: Antimicrobial resistance remains high, finds EU report
Bacteria found in humans, animals and food continue to show resistance to widely used antimicrobials, states the latest report on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in...
Americas: PaperWorks releases green CRB options
PaperWorks launches coated recycled board (CRB) kraftback folding carton options under the MasterWorks Ultra 100 line.
They include Kraftback (for general folding carton use), Kraftback...
Europe: EFSA improves scientific assessments
European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Scientific Committee has developed three key methodological frameworks to improve the robustness, quality and transparency of the scientific assessments...