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Regulatory News Mar 19,2010

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban Fails

Member governments of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) chose to voteon the proposal. 72 out of 129 CITES members voted against the trade ban, 43 voted in favour, with 14 abstentions.

Regulatory News Mar 19,2010

Beverage Industry Applauds Members of Congress for Their Leadership on School Nutrition

Neely: "The beverage industry commends Chairman Lincoln, Ranking Member Chambliss, Senator Harkin, Chairman Miller and Representative Woolsey for their steadfast commitment to updating school nutrition standards in a manner that is supported by science and grounded in common sense."

Regulatory News Mar 17,2010

EU Votes Against Traffic Light Labeling Approach

All mandatory nutrition information should be given on the front of the pack. But since energy content is the most important item for consumers, MEPs added specific rules to guarantee its visibility.

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.