Today, the Council adopted the Single-Use Plastics Directive.
One of the key outcomes is the introduction of an EU wide market restriction for several plastic products such as cotton bud sticks, plates, or food containers made of expanded polystyrene.
The new rules introduced by the Directive also includes:
Today, the EU Official journal published Regulation (EU) 2019/787 on the definition, description, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, the use of the names of spirit drinks in the presentation and labelling of other foodstuffs, the protection of geographical indications for spirit drinks, the use of ethyl alcohol and distillates of agricultural origin in alcoholic
Yarrowia lipolytica yeast biomass authorized as a Novel Food under EU law[1]
Following the publication of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/760[2], a new Novel Food “Yarrowia lipolytica yeast biomass” will soon be authorized in the EU market.
The “Yarrowia lipolytica yeast heat-killed biomass” has been authorized in food
EFSA published today a statement on the review of the risks related to the exposure to the food additive titanium dioxide (E 171) performed by the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (ANSES) (available HERE – and copy attached)
Following its assessment, EFSA concluded that:
This article originally appeared in World Food Regulation Review, Vol. 28, Number 9, February 2019.
This article aims to present and explain the main topics on the agenda of the forthcoming 51st session of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Additives, taking place in Jinan from 25 to 29 March 2019.
In next month’s
40 years after the initial ‘Cassis de Dijon’ principal came into force, the celebrated ‘mutual recognition’ principals undergo an overhaul
After extensive talks, in late 2018, the European Parliament and the Council reached an interim agreement on new text to refine and update ‘mutual recognition.’ The principals were modernized with the aim of making them
Edible insect legislation
Traditional sources of protein are sometimes controversial for a number of reasons; therefore, in recent years insects have been touted as a potential replacement to meat products. The human consumption of crickets and other insects was last clarified in late 2015, when the European rules on novel foods were updated. In the
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Le 16 novembre, le ministère de l’Agriculture des États-Unis et l’administration des denrées alimentaires américaine ont annoncé qu’ils étaient parvenus à un accord sur un cadre réglementaire commun pour la viande cultivée en laboratoire.
Au cours des dernières années, le prix
This article originally appeared in World Food Regulation Review.
Last week of November, the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) reviewed most of the draft standards and guidelines on its agenda. However, only in part and to be further worked out (e.g. follow-up formulas; RUTFs), or sent back
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Bien que la mise en place du Nutri-Score français ait été acceptée par la Commission européenne, la question de son statut juridique fait l’objet d’un désaccord entre celle-ci et les autorités françaises. La Commission considère,
