Tag: Legal
Americas: USFDA rolls out plan to protect babies and young children...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (US FDA) has released a new action plan, Closer to Zero, that is aimed at reducing exposure to...
Europe: FAO, GAIN to help SMEs bring improved nutrition to market
FAO and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have agreed to enable inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems, focusing on new approaches...
Asia Pacific: Thailand approves Dupont Danisco’s fermentates to preserve food
The Thai Food and Drug administration has recently granted regulatory approval to MicroGARD 100 and MicroGARD 200 as food protection ingredients by maintaining product...
Americas: Be the first-mover with regulatory approvals, healthy partnerships
Algatech (Algatechnologies) has received Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) approval for its all-natural astaxanthin AstaPure to be used as a food ingredient.
This approval makes...
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...
Americas: Salmonella outbreak linked to hot peppers
A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Anatum infections was detected in the US in June 2016.
It involved 32 patients from nine states with illness onset...
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: Canada recognizes GFSI-recognized certification program
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) says CanadaGAP has achieved full government recognition.
CanadaGAP is a food safety program for companies that produce, handle and...
Europe: Russia invests in FAO’s work on antimicrobial resistance
Russia is backing an FAO-led effort to promote food safety and prevent the spread of medicine-resistant 'superbugs' in food and on farms in five...
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...