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Regulatory News Mar 12,2010

FSA Board Agrees Single Front-of-Pack Label Plan

The Board's recommendation clearly signals that the Agency does not support FOP labels using only % GDAs, but that % GDAs should be combined with either traffic light colours or text, and should ideally have all three elements.

Regulatory News Mar 12,2010

CIAA Welcomes Constructive Cross-Stakeholder Debate on Portions

CIAA welcomes the large degree of convergence that, in addition to mandatory nutrition labelling per 100g/ml back-of-pack, panellists agreed some front-of-pack information was useful for consumers in providing simple, at-a-glance information on food and drink products.

Regulatory News Mar 11,2010

Indena’s Commitment for Environmental Initiatives Confirmed

ISO14001 is a certification of compliance to standards for environmental management systems that applies to business. The aim of the certification is to induce compliance to certain standards in order to reduce the environmental footprint by decreasing pollution and waste.

Regulatory News Mar 10,2010

Morinaga Milk Receives No Objection GRAS for Bifidobacterium Longum BB536

BB536 has been used by Morinaga in our own food products with great success for more than 30 years and has been sold as a raw material to clients overseas in more than 30 countries for use in food and supplements.

Regulatory News Mar 09,2010

Food Flavoring Recall Highlights Need for Better Tracking in U.S. Food Supply Chain

Better tracking using the latest technology such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), enables quicker determination of the source of contamination before these products hit store shelves.

Regulatory News Mar 09,2010

Pepper Products Recalled in US Salmonella Scare

As a result of the investigation, a number of spice products are now being recalled by Mincing Overseas Spice Company, Dayton, N.J.; and Wholesome Spice Company, Brooklyn, N.Y. Both supply pepper to Daniele International Inc.

Regulatory News Mar 08,2010

EFSA Launches Public Consultation on Guidance for Environmental Risk Assessment of GM Plants

The document is the result of two years’ work and demonstrates EFSA’s commitment to staying at the forefront of recent developments in the field of GM plant environmental risk assessment. The public consultation will last until 30 April for a total of eight weeks.

Regulatory News Mar 05,2010

Major US Salmonella Recall for Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein Product

The FDA conducted an investigation at the facility after a customer of Basic Food Flavors reported finding Salmonella Tennessee in one production lot of HVP to the new FDA Reportable Food Registry.