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Government urges radical rethink to ensure stable food supply
10-Aug-2009 - The UK government has called for a radical rethink of food production to secure sustainable food supplies at reasonable prices.
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FDA’s Commissioner Hamburg: Beefing up US food safety
10-Aug-2009 - It looks like the FDA has finally got some muscle. Never mind new legislation – if anything can prevent America acquiring a weedy reputation for food safety, it’s the might of Dr Margaret Hamburg.
EFSA proposes new DRVs; leaves out sugar and GI
07-Aug-2009 - EFSA has launched a public consultation on dietary reference values for carbs fibre and fats – but has declined to give values for sugar or advice on glycaemic index due to lack of evidence.
EFSA publishes data requirements for food additive approval
04-Aug-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a list of data requirements that industry must submit for the assessment of food additives.
EFSA to meet stakeholders following GM corn decision
03-Aug-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority will meet with stakeholders in September to discuss its recent opinion on Monsanto’s GM corn, MON810.
Commission offers €20m for new round of dairy promotion projects
31-Jul-2009 - The Commission has today approved plans to launch a special round of promotion programmes with €20m in EU funding for the struggling dairy sector.
Questions posed for three-pronged nutrition labelling scheme
30-Jul-2009 - A new consultation starts today on practical issues to developing a colour coded GDA front-of-pack labelling scheme that includes the words ‘high, medium and low’.
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FSA seeks chair, molecular biologist
29-Jul-2009 - The UK’s FSA is seeking a new chair and an expert molecular biologist to join its Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP).
New purity criteria for food additives open for consultation
28-Jul-2009 - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling on food additive manufacturers and enforcement authorities to comment on an EU directive laying down new purity criteria.
Prebiotic follow-on formula ads censored in UK
23-Jul-2009 - The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against Nutricia-owned Milupa over adverts promoting its prebiotic-fortified, follow-on formula, Aptamil.
News in brief
GM maize decision bounced to Council
23-Jul-2009 - The decision on whether to authorise three genetically modified maize in Europe will now pass to the Council of Ministers, as member states have failed to reach a qualified majority.
Talk more to food industry, committee tells policy makers
21-Jul-2009 - More dialogue is needed between the food industry and policy makes to ensure future food security in the UK, with an increase in sustainable domestic production, says a new government report.
Weekly comment
Mainstream press ‘exposed’ for health claim sensationalism
20-Jul-2009 - Not again! As if industry is not struggling enough with the severity of the European Food Safety Authority’s nutrition and health claims rulings so far, the situation has not been helped by the kind of articles that appeared in the UK press today and yesterday.
Views canvassed on GM in Europe
17-Jul-2009 - The spectrum of opinions on genetically modified organisms is to come under new scrutiny in a European consultation project to assess EU legislation governing the controversial crops.
Martek wins omega-3 EU Novel Foods approval
17-Jul-2009 - Global DHA leader, Martek Biosciences, has gained a draft European Union Novel Foods approval for its proprietary omega-3 ingredient, life'sDHA, to be used in a host of food and beverage applications.
Asda claims victory in aspartame ‘nasty’ case
16-Jul-2009 - A High Court judge has found in favour of Asda in its court battle with Ajinomoto over food and beverage ‘no nasties’ labelling, which listed aspartame as an ingredient not used. Ajinomoto plans to appeal.
News in brief
Lord Rooker to lead Food Standards Agency
15-Jul-2009 - Former Defra minister Lord Rooker has been appointed as the next chair of the UK’s Food Standards Agency, taking over from Dame Deirdre Hutton later this month.
Dairy farmers hit the streets calling for lower milk quota
15-Jul-2009 - Thousands of dairy farmers took to the streets of Strasbourg this week to call on the new President of the EU Parliament to take action against low prices and deregulation.
Ukrainian sunflower oil controls to ease this year, JRC
15-Jul-2009 - Imports of Ukraine sunflower oil to the EU look likely to resume unhampered by restrictions imposed due to mineral oil contamination; 80 per cent of laboratories can now measure levels of the contaminant.
FSA seeks views on own regulatory function
13-Jul-2009 - The UK’s Food Standards Agency has launched a consultation into its own performance as a regulator, a process seen as important in case of politically motivated actions.
EFSA publishes report on pesticide residues in food
10-Jul-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has said that a study on pesticide residues in food found 96 per cent of samples complied with legal maximum levels for the chemicals.
News in brief
Breakfast trial puts morning meal on policy map
09-Jul-2009 - Campaigners to put breakfast on the public policy agenda have held a mock trial in Brussels to raise awareness of the importance of the first meal of the day.
EFSA prepares to publish omega-3 reference intake values
09-Jul-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is due to release an opinion as early as tomorrow on the labelling of reference intake values for omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids.
Weekly comment
Defining nano: Size does matter
07-Jul-2009 - The Atlantic Ocean separates continents; it also separates schools of thought on the definition of nanotechnology. In order to educate manufacturers and consumers on nanotechnology a definition is critical.
All eyes on sustainable food under Swedish presidency
07-Jul-2009 - The CIAA has invited the Swedish presidency to take part in the recently launched Round Table on Sustainable Production and Consumption (SPC); while Sweden has made food and the climate one of its priorities for agriculture over the next six months.
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