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Beverage, confectionery makers respond to Child Nutrition Act

The Child Nutrition Act has been broadly welcomed by the food and beverage industry, following its unanimous passage through the Senate late last week. The act, entitled the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, is primarily intended to provide healthier school meals as part of a wider ...

Solae: EFSA soy-cholesterol opinion is "disconcerting"

Leading soy supplier Solae has criticised the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for a selective approach that saw the agency s health claims panel dismiss upward of 30 human intervention studies contained in an article 14, soy protein, cholesterol-lowering dossier. It is ...

Arsenic in hijiki seaweed prompts FSA advice

Consumers are being advised not to eat the traditional Japanese seaweed hijiki following a European Commission alert over arsenic levels. Consumers are being advised not to eat the traditional Japanese seaweed hijiki due to arsenic levels, but the company behind the tested ...

EU food regulators to discuss the role of science

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. The event, which is organised by the Belgian Presidency of the European Union, will discuss how food policies are informed by ...

EFSA needs more data on furan formation in foods

The European Food Safety Authority is urging member states to step up monitoring of the carcinogen furan in food products, in a bid to amass enough data to inform a dietary risk assessment. Furan is an organic compound with aromatic properties which has been found to be ...

Feds go after repeat offender food processor

US federal authorities are seeking a permanent injunction against a New York food processor for a host of violations over a four-year period. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) launched the action against NY Gourmet Salads, Inc and company president Leonard F. Spada. The firm ...

FDA hails Reportable Food Registry success

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has collected 125 food safety reports through its Reportable Food Registry in its first nine months of operation, the agency has said. The registry was created by legislation that passed through Congress in 2007, mandating that industry ...

Gum rosin not safe as food additive, says EFSA

A stabilising and emulsifying ingredient derived from gum rosin has received a negative safety opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). The European Commission had requested EFSA to evaluate the safety of glycerol esters of gum rosin (GEGR) after receiving a ...

Commission proposes letting member states decide on GM cultivation

The European Commission has unveiled new proposals to give EU member states the right to decide whether or not to cultivate genetically-modified crops C a move that could speed up approvals but which has led to fears over market distortion. GM foods have been consumed in the ...

Class action may follow FTC-Nestl settlement

Nestl was not dealt a financial penalty in its settlement this week with the Federal Trade Commission over immunity health claims being made for some of its probiotic products, but a class action is likely, says a food attorney. Google Nestle and class action tomorrow and I would ...

Governments must control food marketing to kids, finds EU study

Measures to restrict the advertising of unhealthy foods to children should be set by governments and not by industry, says the author of a review funded by the European Union. According to Tim Lobstein, director of policy at the International Association for the Study of Obesity ...

New laws may be recipe for success

Claire Urban wants to supplement her family's income and she knows how to do it -- by baking cookies and pies. Two bills that Gov. Jennifer Granholm will sign into law today may make that possible for the Richmond resident. The measures deal with cottage food operations, allowing ...

Advocates run ads urging Senate to pass food safety bill

A year after House Democrats and Republicans overwhelmingly approved legislation to improve food safety, public health advocates are growing frustrated that the Senate has yet to take up the bill. A coalition of food safety groups tried to turn up the pressure last week on Senate ...

FSA closure rumours spark public health concerns

Rumours that the Food Standards Agency could close have drawn concerns of long-term public health costs; while a lawyer says the government send its functions to two government departments without going through parliamentary procedures. A report from newswire Reuters quotes an ...

Obama signs food safety law amid budget questions

The Food Safety Modernization Act would require $1.4 billion in new funds over five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That cost is causing some Republicans, emboldened by gains in November elections and increased public concern over deficit spending, to ...

Cold winter delays peach potato aphid in potatoes

This winter's cold weather is predicted to delay peach potato aphid pressure by a month, but rose-grain aphids will peak in July as usual, according to the Rothamsted Insect Survey (RIS) and SASA potato aphid forecasts for 2011. Rothamsted's Richard Harrington said that as most ...

Catfish Processing Down 32 Per Cent From Last Year

US - Farm-raised catfish processed during February 2011 totaled 27.8 million pounds round weight, down 32 per cent from February 2010. The average price paid to producers was $1.00 per pound for February 2011, up 7.2 cents from last month and 23.8 cents above a year ago. Net ...

Philippines To Promote Brown Rice

Local media reports in Philippines have revealed that the country's department of Science and Technology, DOST, is actively promoting the use of brown rice as part of the agency s efforts to address malnutrition in the country. According to the Philippine Rice Research Institute ...

Food safety bill waits for Obama's signature -- Issue of funding looms

Staff and wire reports Last week, the House of Representatives gave final approval to a landmark food safety bill designed to bring an archaic system for protecting the nation's food supply into the 21st Century and equip the Food and Drug Administration with more muscle to ...

Ministers back shake up of EU food contact legislation

A wide-ranging regulation that would see the overhaul of rules governing food contact plastics in the European Union (EU) has taken a major step towards becoming law later this year. The proposed regulation known as the Plastic Implementation Measure (PIM) was approved by the EU...
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