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02-Sep-2010 - ‘Counterfeit' pine nuts may be the reason why consumers have been experiencing ‘pine mouth’, according to a statement made by the Danish food authority Fødevarestyrelsen.
02-Sep-2010 - The Californian Senate has thrown out a bill to ban bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials for young children in a close vote earlier this week.
30-Aug-2010 - There’s nothing like a shortage of wheat to send some news media searching for superlatives. Talk of “soaring” wheat prices and “rocketing” bread prices were common, in the British press, after Russia decided to temporarily ban grain exports earlier this month. Three weeks later what lessons can we lean?
20-Aug-2010 - The Provision Trade Federation (PTF) and other trade organisations representing the meat industry, which oppose compulsory EU extensions of country of origin labelling (COOL), will meet DEFRA in mid-September to discuss voluntary alternatives.
13-Aug-2010 - Lawmakers released a bipartisan agreement on the Senate’s food safety bill on Thursday, signaling that it is likely to be debated in the Senate when it reconvenes in September.
09-Aug-2010 - Big oops. Meat and milk from the offspring of cloned animals has entered the UK food chain. Cue scary headlines and scared consumers. But the leviathan of EU-lawmaking means no-one actually knows if it’s legal or not. And that’s an even bigger oops.
06-Aug-2010 - European policy makers and influencers will be examining the role of science in food policy at a round table discussion due to take place in October.
04-Aug-2010 - A federal appeals court has ruled that organic almond growers can challenge a law requiring mandatory pasteurization of almonds intended to reduce risk of salmonella contamination, overturning a previous decision.
04-Aug-2010 - The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has confirmed that meat from a cloned animal has entered the nation’s food chain and has been consumed.
02-Aug-2010 - Energy drinks makers risk a regulatory clamp down if they fail to take action on marketing campaigns that irresponsibly target young consumers.
26-Jul-2010 - There is no “magic bullet” to tackle campylobacter, according to the UK’s the three major public funders of food safety research as they unveiled a joint initiative to battle the bug.
23-Jul-2010 - The controversy over the bisphenol A (BPA) could be solved if those on differing sides of the scientific divide would agree harmonised test programmes that could be validated by independent experts, European Commission scientists have said.
20-Jul-2010 - The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) will retain its food safety role but has been stripped of its nutritional and labelling responsibilities in England, as the Government confirmed its expected shake up of the body today.
19-Jul-2010 - A stabilising and emulsifying ingredient derived from gum rosin has received a negative safety opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
15-Jul-2010 - China has lowered minimum protein levels in raw milk in the country’s latest effort to stamp out the use of melamine in the dairy industry.
15-Jul-2010 - Indian basmati rice is one of the products to be removed from an EU list of food imports subject to heightened scrutiny while some herbs and spices from Thailand have been added, said Brussels as it updated the register today.
14-Jul-2010 - Press reports suggesting that breaking up the Food Standards Agency (FSA) would constitute a ‘victory’ for the food industry are misleading and “very annoying”, according to the boss of the Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST).
12-Jul-2010 - The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is to be broken up with its food safety and nutritional roles handed over to separate government departments, according to reports.
09-Jul-2010 - President Obama has said that passing the Food Safety Modernization Act would provide government with the tools it needs to better ensure food safety, as long-awaited discussion began in the Senate this week.
08-Jul-2010 - A study looking at the views of staff and managers at food plants on HACCP has identified preparation for future regulation as the key motivating factor and staffing the number one challenge.
07-Jul-2010 - France has announced the creation of ANSES - the largest health agency in Europe - after the merger of its food safety and environmental and occupational health bodies.
07-Jul-2010 - The first global limits on permitted melamine levels in food were set yesterday (Tues) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) at its annual food safety summit in Switzerland.
07-Jul-2010 - New European Commission import restrictions on Indian guar gum have now been written into Indian regulations, which industry experts hope will speed up the supply process.
02-Jul-2010 - UAS Laboratories has announced that its DDS Probiotics range is now Kosher certified by OK Kosher, one of the world’s most respected kosher certifications.
30-Jun-2010 - The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for comments from the nation’s food industry on proposed changes to EU food additive legislation to ensure all current additive uses are included in the new lists.