Think TTIP won’t affect your business? Think again…
The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will affect every European food company – for better or worse – according to a trade law expert at DWF LLP.
Archives for June 7, 2015
Sustainable Foods Summit: Top 20 Meaningful Brands 2015
'74% of brands could disappear and most consumers would not care'
Most people in Europe want a brand to improve their lives and only one third of people think companies are delivering, according to Sara de Dios, global head, Meaningful Brands.
Russia restricts South American meat imports
Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor has recently introduced restrictions on beef imports from several Brazilian companies and has refused entry of a large shipment of meat from Paraguay.
Agilent launches triple quadrupole mass spectrometer
Agilent Technologies has introduced the latest addition to its family of mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography systems.
Daily sugary drink habit linked to liver disease
Consumption of a sugar-sweetened drink on a daily basis may be associated with an increased risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), say researchers.
Draft guidance on importer program published by FDA
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published draft guidance for importers of human or animal food.
10 new faces as EFSA names health claims panel for 2015-2018
The NDA panel will feature 10 new faces for the health claims panel’s next three years as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced changes today.
PURE Bioscience to resubmit FCN after FDA talks
PURE Bioscience is to resubmit a Food Contact Notification (FCN) for its antimicrobial in raw poultry processing after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prompted a withdrawal last year.
Polish kosher meat could be banned from export market
Polish kosher meat may soon be banned from being exported, after a request by the country’s ombudsman to make kosher slaughter - or shechita - legal only for local consumption, according to Jewish news website The Forward.
Whey protein fluid gel backed for foam stabilisation and aeration
The use of whey protein fluid gels can produce ‘very stable’ foams that may be useful in the commercial production of food foams and areated products, say researchers.
Impact of EDC criteria on food industry difficult to quantify - FDE
FoodDrinkEurope said it is ‘difficult to quantify’ the impact of criteria on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the sector without knowing how they will be identified and classified.