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Americas: Z Trim Holdings soluble fiber patent now online

Z Trim Holdings' (ZTH's) first soluble fiber patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 20140017376) is publicly available online. The patent was originally filed in 2013 by...

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...

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)...

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...

Americas: Cargill’s US meat processing facility becomes landfill-free

Cargill's meat processing facility in Hazleton, Pa., US now sends nothing to the landfills. The 225,000 sq ft plant sits on a 40-acre site, employs...

Asia Pacific: FSANZ releases recall plan template

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) has developed a Food Recall Plan template to help food businesses manage recalls. CEO Steve McCutcheon said every food...

Europe: NattoPharma gets grant for 4-year research work

The Norwegian Research Council has awarded a grant to NattoPharma to fund a four-year project to document the effects of calcium metabolism in the...

Americas: Scientific validation, product labeling key to assuring consumers of viable health products, Frost...

Dietary supplement products, as well as health and wellness items claiming to be natural have been sold freely online, especially in the US. With active...

Europe: Nutrition companies worry over health claims regulation, survey finds

Nutrition companies view stricter EU regulation as a greater challenge than the state of the global economy, new research has shown. Meanwhile, Brexit is...

Americas: 3M Food Safety’s product receives approval for detecting Listeria monocytogenes

3M Food Safety's 3M Molecular Detection Assay Listeria monocytogenes has been approved by the AOAC Performance Tested Methods (PTM) program. The approval certifies that the...