05-Jan-2009 By Elaine Watson
Half of the applications to make health claims under article 13.1 of the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation do not include sufficient...
EU rule changes may put consumers at risk
02-Jan-2009
Changes to EU rules governing flavourings will put pressure on firms to use potentially dangerous natural substances instead of safer nature...
Dossiers seeking approval for health claims are 'poor quality'
04-Dec-2008
The quality of some dossiers submitted by applicants hoping to gain approval to make health claims under article 14 of the Nutrition and Health...
EU green light for stevia could take years, predicts professor
04-Dec-2008
Manufacturers keen to use extracts of the much-hyped stevia leaf as a sweetener are unlikely to get the green light from EU regulators for at least a...
Disease reduction claim submissions a ‘tactical error’
24-Nov-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Companies submitting disease risk reduction health claims for consideration by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) under the article 14 list...
29-Oct-2008 By Rick Pendrous
The European Food Safety Authority calls for individual assessment of nanomaterials
29-Jul-2008
This year continues to be a busy one for legislative developments and I will focus here on fibre. At a European level an amendment to the Nutrition...
Meat processors welcome relaxed cattle controls
21-Jul-2008 By Rick Pendrous
Britain’s meat processors have welcomed European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recommendations to relax controls on cattle for bovine spongiform...
Profiles: the good, the bad and the ugly
03-Jun-2008
The big guns in confectionery will start lobbying in earnest this summer in a bid to prevent the nutrient profiling system in the EU Nutrition and...
10-Apr-2008 By Rod Addy
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) will urge the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) to move to ban food colourings highlighted in a Southampton...
Nutrient profiling scheme offers hope of exemptions for fatty but nutrient-rich foods
03-Apr-2008
Manufacturers of high fat/sugar but nutrient-dense foods have scored a victory in their bid to have such products excluded from the nutrient...
Nylons & novelty
03-Apr-2008
We waited for years for the outcome of the review of the Novel Food Regulation (258/97), which began in 2002. It eventually resulted in a proposal...
26-Mar-2008 By Elaine Watson
FSA study into hyperactivity faces accusations of bad design and unclear results
25-Jan-2008
Consumers show lack of understanding and indifference, rather than opposition
25-Jan-2008 By Rod Addy
Replacing synthetic colours is not a simple process and is presenting a host of challenges surrounding formulation and shelf-life, says Rod Addy
02-Jan-2008
January is often a time for reflection on the previous year and anticipation of what is to come.With the various 'gifts' of legislative change on the...
European Food Safety Authority: we'll assess health claims by our deadline ... hopefully
27-Nov-2007
The expert panel tasked with assessing health claims under the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation may have to outsource large chunks of the...
30-Jul-2007
Perhaps the elusive pot of gold is akin to the quest for safe and stable food colours. Consumer groups have often shown concern around the azo dyes...
Drowning in a sea of rules
23-Jul-2007
Proving that food can be good for you can prove bad for business, says Dr Mark Tallon
Red 2G to become illegal
23-Jul-2007 By Rod Addy
Food colourant Red 2G is to be banned in Europe, on the decision of a European Commission committee following an assessment by the European Food...
04-Jun-2007 By Rod Addy
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) could not efficiently tackle a similar incident to Sudan 1, a senior Food Standards Agency (FSA) official...
Health claims 'simply not credible'
22-May-2007
The marketing hype surrounding the vast majority of weight management ingredients "precedes or grossly outweighs the evidence" backing them,...
05-Feb-2007 By Rick Pendrous
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is to receive substantially more funding this year to cope with its increasing workload, which will now...
26-Jun-2006 By Elaine Watson
Fears that the European Food Safety Authority would not be able to meet its commitments next year after a budget freeze have been allayed following...
29-May-2006
Aspartame has been a high profile news item since July 2005, when the European Ramazzini Foundation (ERF) published its long term feeding study on...
05-Dec-2005 By Sarah Britton
Nestlé, the world’s biggest food company, has been accused by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) of potentially misleading the public by...
10-Aug-2005 By Elaine Watson
Kyprianou denies rules demonise foods or strangle innovation
31-Jul-2005 By Rick Pendrous
Geoffrey Podger, executive director of Parma-based European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is leaving to take up a new role as chief executive of the...
30-Jun-2005 By Rick Pendrous
EFSA fights for senior scientists and improved links to new Italian HQ
Clarifying the exemptions
07-Mar-2005
By the time this column goes to print, we should have a list of derivative products adopted by the European Commission (EC) that are exempt from the...
