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Denmark unveils biotech food strategy for foods of the future
A new Danish farm to fork food strategy urged the Danish Parliament to free up funding to investigate the key role biotechnology could play in designing better tasting, safer, foods,...
EFSA experts measure food contact risk
A panel of experts at Europe's food agency has come up with a list of substances cleared for food contact materials.
Xanthan gum labels clarified in US
Clearing up any confusion over food labels, US food authorities have given the green light for food ingredients firms to use ethanol in precipitating food grade xanthan gum and to...
Unilever applies for ice structuring protein approval
Changes to the new food code in Australia and New Zealand are underway as the food agency for the two countries calls for comment from industry, government and consumers on...
Codex tackles cadmium levels
Europe tackles levels of cadmium contaminated foods, particularly in children, finding that cereals and vegetables contribute two thirds of the consumption of this toxic heavy metal that can cause kidney...
Bush v Kerry: Food production and safety policies examined
The US election has been dominated by Iraq and fears over international terrorism, but whoever wins next Tuesday will also have to deal with pressing domestic issues such as improving...
Codex countries crystallise orange juice rules
An international task force meeting in Brazil last week under the aegis of Codex Alimentarius, the global food standards body, clears a decision after difficult discussions on defining the identity...
Majority support for EU GM task force
Some 13 countries back a joint Danish-Italian drive to establish a European task force to ensure the co-existence of genetically modified crops and other crops.
Denmark backs EU GMO task force
Denmark and Italy will use a meeting of EU agriculture ministers this week to ask for a European task force to be set up on genetically modified organisms (GMOs), reports...
EU budget firms up for BSE
Brussels commits €188 million to food safety issues in the Union linked to animal diseases, signing off the largest slice for eradication of mad cow disease.
Italy split over GMOs
In a move that has split the government, Italian ministers block a motion put forward by the agriculture minister aimed at regulating the future introduction of genetically modified organisms (GMOs)...
Top scientists back new PAH levels for food
An expert group in Brussels backs a Commission proposal for tighter levels of the potentially carcinogenic compounds Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) found in grilled meats.
Changes to food additive rules in EU on the table
A meat preserver, a gel-forming additive and an anti-microbial agent face tougher European rules as Brussels adopts a proposal to change the current food additive directive.
Brazil clears GM soy rules
Ending months of delays the upper house in Brazil has cleared the biosafety bill, paving the way for new rules to regulate the planting and sale of genetically modified (GM)...
Australian food body reminder for flavour labels
In a bid to help food makers correctly label their food products, Australia and New Zealand's independent statutory authority this week underlines the legal requirements for flavours used in foods.
Parabens: food authority proposes limit for food preservative
Europe's food watchdog comes up with benchmark consumer consumption doses for antimicrobial agents used sparingly by food manufacturers as a preservative in meat products and potato snacks, reports Lindsey Partos.
No decision from Brazil senate on GM soy
Brazil, the number two soy producer after the US, has again delayed voting on a bill regulating the use of genetically modified organisms, suggesting that the Lula-led government might repeat...
UN hosts food safety debate
Food safety comes to the table for global discussions convened by two UN-backed agencies next month.
Legal loophole over UK packaged meat exposed
A Food Standards Agency survey suggests that a legal loophole is being used by manufacturers to mislead UK consumers over the amount of fat in packaged mince.
Is Codex doing enough?
Codex Alimentarius fails consumer organisations, claims a leading consumer group, but ongoing Codex action and work accomplished suggests the UN-backed body is doing much good for food safety and trade.
Food makers respond to minister over salt levels
Pushed by a UK minister, food makers handed in plans at the weekend to slash the salt content in processed foods but the industry has criticised the government move, suspecting...
Egg safety legislation gives industry cause for concern
The FDA has proposed an obligatory on-farm Salmonella control check in order to reduce the risk of Salmonella illnesses caused by infected eggs.
Bitter blocker backed by FDA
A bitter-blocking ingredient developed by Linguagen has been backed for use in foods, beverages and oral pharmaceutical dosage forms by the country's regulatory authorities.
United Nations puts its weight behind food safety
As Europe's codex committee meets next week to discuss proposals for worldwide risk principles, the UN's World Health Organisation (WHO) has today urged countries to improve ways they can respond...
EU25 backs Codex risk principles
Risk analysis is on the table at an upcoming European codex session next week in Bratislava with EU 25 offering its support to a proposal for new principles on the...
