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Asia Pacific: Lupin added to allergen declaration list
Food Standards Australia and New Zealand has added lupin to the list of nine allergens that must be declared on food labels.
Food businesses will...
Europe: EC investigates regulatory compliance in Cargill’s acquisition of ADM
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess whether the proposed acquisition of the industrial chocolate business of Archer Daniels Midland (ADM)...
World: Cereal prices continue to rise, FAO
The FAO Food Price Index rose notably in January, led by sugar and cereals, even as global markets remain well supplied.
The Index...
Europe: FAO urges governments to take concrete action on malnutrition
The 10 years running until 2025 will be a critical time for action to build healthy and sustainable food systems and end malnutrition in...
Europe: FAO, WTO to cooperate more for international food trade
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) has agreed to strengthen their cooperation to promote international food trade and safety...
Americas: Arboris’ plant sterol ingredients certified non-GMO
Arboris says its plant sterol functional food ingredient, Protanica, has received non-genetically modified organism (GMO) verification from the Non-GMO Project, North America’s independent non-GMO...
Europe: Barry Callebaut gets health claims approval for cocoa extracts
The European Commission has approved the extension of Barry Callebaut's existing health claim on cocoa flavanols to cocoa extracts.
Following the positive Scientific Opinion issued...
Europe: Authorities want fresh, natural food for schools
New measures to strengthen and boost funding for a European Union (EU) scheme to provide fruit, vegetables and milk products in schools were backed...
Americas: EFSA opines Addivant’s plastic antioxidant
Addivant's nonylphenol-free plastic antioxidant, Weston 705, has received a formal opinion from the European Food Standards Agency (EFSA).
The formal opinion from EFSA has been...
Asia Pacific: Valio receives Chinese export permit for infant formula
The Chinese government has given Valio an export permit to ship its powdered infant formulas, manufactured at the Lapinlahti plant, and ready-to-feed liquid infant...