UK trading standards officers have been advised to adopt a “pragmatic approach” to the use of nutrition claims on food and drink packaging that are not currently in the official annex of approved claims but are under consideration by regulators.
“Many in industry are pinning their hopes on EFSA showing them the light at the meeting, including the likes of Danone, which withdrew three probiotic immunity/digestive health article 13.5 claims in April, citing clarification it is expecting on Big...
Like Halley's comet, the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA's) second tranche of opinions on article 13.1 health claims has been a long time coming. And in many ways, it was a scientific and commercial earthquake, shattering the hopes...
Firms using formulations containing multiple functional ingredients face "commercial catastrophe" due to the decision to publish approved article 13.1 health claims in batches over a two-year period rather than all at once, Czech MEP Milan Cabrnoch...
Forget the ongoing domestic debate about front-of-pack nutrition labelling. The real action is in Europe. By the time you read this, the European Parliament's (EP's) Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee, ENVI, will have agreed...
I recently gave a lecture describing food industry successes in reducing salt, fat and sugar in foods. Sharing the platform were speakers from Heinz; the Food Standards Agency (FSA); and a representative from the catering sector.
Now is the time for meat processors and manufacturers that use British meat in products to be "selling themselves" to the public, as pressure mounts to clamp down on "dishonest food labelling", according to Paul Kelly, md of Kelly...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is inviting stakeholders to its Parma, Italy, base for an “open meeting” to discuss health claim developments in the European Union.
A number of MPs and the National Farmers' Union (NFU) are urging parliament to hasten the Grocery Market Ombudsmen Bill's passage in a bid to get it enacted before the next general election.
Spirulina, the blue colour from algae used in Nestlé’s Smarties, is one of 10 substances used to colour food that faces an uncertain future as its legal status is scrutinised.
