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US review gleans ideas from European food safety reforms

A US review has looked to some of the most effective European food safety systems for ideas on how to make the American system more effective. Researchers from the Emerging Pathogens Institute at the University of Florida, J. Glenn Morris, director of the institute, and Michael ...

EFSA delivers positive safety verdict on iron additive

The European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) has not uncovered any safety concerns with the nutritional additive Ferrous Ammonium Phosphate (FAP). Used in food products and supplements as a source of iron, FAP is an inorganic salt containing iron (II), ammonium and phosphate ions...

EFSA asks: How should we communicate?

The European Food Safety Authority has launched a public consultation into its new draft communications strategy, which would make dialogue a new key outcome and lay audiences a new target. The EFSA revisited its communications strategy was in 2006. Since then, however, it has ...

Industry organizations welcome proposed legislation to tackle obesity

Trade organizations have applauded proposed legislation that would recognize obesity as a disease, and improve access to nutrition information and opportunities for physical activity. Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) and a bipartisan group of members of Congress introduced the Healthy ...

Proposed changes to food safety bill could open 'loopholes'

A consumer and public health coalition is urging a US Senator to reconsider exemptions proposed for the Food Safety Modernization Act as they would create a 'loophole' in safety regulations. The Make Our Food Safe Coalition claims that proposed amendments aimed at protecting ...

Skepticism over NY proposal to ban HFCS

A bill introduced by New York State Assemblywoman Barbara Clark proposing an outright ban on the use or sale of high fructose corn syrup in the state has raised eyebrows today, as it followed in the footsteps of a proposed salt ban. If it were to become law, the bill would ...

FDA recommends greater conflict of interest transparency

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for more transparency regarding conflict of interest statements when the agency waives them to allow experts to participate in scientific advisory meetings. The draft guidance would require more disclosure regarding possible ...

EFSA judges existing guidance for lead as inappropriate

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has raised concerns about the health risks of lead in food for children and concluded that current guidance levels are no longer appropriate. The European Commission had asked EFSA to assess current exposure levels from food and other ...

EC revises restrictions on guar gum imports

Restrictions on guar gum imported from India into the EU have been revised on fears that the risk of dioxin contamination of the product remains too high. Under EU Regulation (EU) 258/2010, food business operators (FBOs) will also be forced to pay for further inspections, ...

Canadian government may loosen 'Product of Canada' rules

The Canadian government may loosen the labeling rules for food products to qualify as Products of Canada , to allow for ingredients that are difficult to source in Canada. Minister of State for Agriculture Jean-Pierre Blackburn said on Monday that the government was committed to ...

Slimmer cans could lead to bigger waistlines

Soft drink makers could end up swallowing a 10m bill for no good reason by embracing the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommendations for new slim-line 250ml drinks. In its latest escapade into behavioral choice theory, the FSA does not just want manufacturers of sugary drinks to ...

International negotiations over use of biodiversity continue

As negotiations over the international use of biodiversity-based products continue, concerns are voiced over what will be covered by future regulations and how they will be enforced. Negotiations, including the recent meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in ...

FSA could do better over new technologies

This month marks the 10th anniversary of the UK s Food Standards Agency. Sue Davies, chief policy advisor at consumer group Which?, which fought for the FSA s creation in the wake of the BSE crisis, shares her views on its job over the last 10 years. Over the last decade, the FSA ...

Spirulina faces legal questions

Spirulina, the blue colour from algae used in Nestl s Smarties, is one of 10 substances used to colour food that faces an uncertain future as its legal status is scrutinised. The Food Standards Agency (FSA), which has been asked by the European Commission (EC) to road-test the 10 ...

Sat fat and sugar guidance draws health and legal comment

The UK Food Standards Agency s recommendations to reduce portion sizes of treat foods and soft drinks and cut sugar and saturated fat levels will help tackle obesity and health problems, says the BHF; but a top food lawyer points out that there is no obligation for industry to ...

Governor Richardson vetoes New Mexico food tax

A tax that would have applied to about 40 percent of foods in New Mexico was vetoed by Governor Bill Richardson last week, who said the $68m that would have been raised by the tax could be found elsewhere. Even though a proposed federal-level soda tax slipped off the agenda ...

Keep clones out of novel foods, MEP vote

Members of the European Parliament have voted against including meat or milk from cloned animals under the new novel foods regulation, an outcome that makes conciliation procedure likely unless the Council accepts the position. The European Food Safety Authority has given a ...

Obama says new food safety legislation would promote prevention

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. The Food Safety Modernization Act is the companion bill to The Food ...

EFSA sets new DRV for carbs, fats and water

The European Food Safety Authority published new dietary reference values (DRVs) for carbohydrates, sugar, fibre, fats and water confirming proposals made last year. The final levels have drawn criticism from some scientists. The EU risk assessor was asked by the European ...

USDA seeks industry comments on Codex standards

The US Department of Agriculture s Office of Food Safety (OFS) has said it is seeking comments on the standards-setting activities of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. In a Federal Register document published this week, the OFS outlined Codex s current activities, which include ...
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