The 7th session of the Codex alimentarius Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH7), chaired by India, concluded its work on several important new add-ons to existing and new standards on small cardamon; allspice, juniper berry and star anise; and turmeric. It advanced the work on vanilla, still subject to additional inter-sessional work until the
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Codex alimentarius: historical 46th meeting (CAC46) while celebrating its 60th anniversary
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, January 2024, p. 25-34.
While celebrating its 60th anniversary, the 46th CAC meeting has seen several historical decisions taken.
First and foremost, it has closed the long-standing controversy about Zilpaterol hydrochloride by adopting through two successive votes by advancing and adopting the proposed maximum…
European Commission Adopts Proposal on Regulation of New Genomic Techniques
Today, the European Commission adopted its proposal for a regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques (targeted mutagenesis and cisgenesis) (‘NGTs’) and derived food and feed products.
NGTs permit more targeted genetic changes than conventional breeding or traditional genomic techniques involving the introduction of genetic material from a non-crossable species, permitting rapid development…
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling Outcome CCFL47
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, June 2023, p. 26-34.
The 47th meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Food Labelling (CCFL47) was held mid-May 2023 in Gatineau/Ottawa, Canada. CCFL47 advanced its food labelling international standardisation work on the revision of the list of allergens of global relevance for mandatory declaration (to…
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses: CCNFSDU43
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, March 2023, p. 30-31.
The 43rd meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU43) successfully completed its entire agenda by meeting in person. In terms of accomplishments:
- It fully revised the preamble and pending issues on the Codex Standard
Spices and Culinary Herbs – Codex Committee (CCSCH) – 6th outcome
This article was published in World Food Regulation Review, November 2022, p. 30-34.
By Christophe Leprêtre1 (Keller and Heckman LLP)
The 6th session of the Codex alimentarius Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH6), chaired by India, concluded on several important commodity standards while meeting virtually end September 2022. CCCSH6 concluded on new Codex…
The future of organic in Europe: changes coming to processing and labelling rules
Labelling terms referring to organic production and EU organic logo make it easier for the consumers to identify organic products and ensure organic food meets strict conditions of production and processing, in accordance with EU requirements. In line with the overall revision of organic production, the new Regulation (EU) No 2018/848[1], intended to…
Farm to Fork
On the 15th of April 2021, the European Commission presented a summary of its Farm to Fork proposal at the EU’s regulatory committee meeting on food.
The Farm to Fork initiative proposes to modify the EU-FIC Regulations on front-of-pack nutritional labelling, nutrient profiles, origin labelling and date marking.
The summary included interesting feedback and thoughts…
How the EU is dealing with illegal food sold online during the COVID outbreak
This article was first published at IHS Markit (subscription required), 3 September 2020
The internet has become a platform for selling food across the globe. This phenomenon has even increased with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, some malevolent operators use the current crisis as a business opportunity and have freed themselves from the EU food legislation.…
REFIT of the Nutrition and Health Claim Regulation: Outcomes and perspectives
This article was published on Food Navigator on the 6th of August.
What does the EC’s fitness and performance check on Nutrition and Health Claims regulation suggest?
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission completed the REFIT [1] Evaluation of the Regulation (EC) n°1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health claims (the NHCR). Even though the…