The EFSA recently gave its updated conclusions on the titanium dioxide (E171) food additive. The results were a reassessment of the EFSA’s safety conclusions which were published on June 28, 2016 (which were themselves a reassessment of the EFSA’s original 2009 assessment). The most recent appraisal took into consideration new data that have been discovered
The new EU Regulation on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain became applicable as of 27 March 2021. The Regulation’s entry into force marks an important step forward in the modernisation of the EU food safety policy. Katia Merten-Lentz shares her thoughts with Les Marchés on the new
In January, the EFSA gave the green light for flour made from yellow mealworms to be marketed in the EU. The move is effectively the first step on the path towards human consumption of insects in Europe, which comes after an application to the EFSA by French company, Agronutris. So, what’s the context behind the
Published by the European Food Safety Authority on 13 January 2021
Extract:
Today’s batch of EFSA scientific opinions on novel food applications includes the first completed assessment of a proposed insect-derived food product. Our safety evaluations are a necessary step in the regulation of novel food, as our scientific advice supports EU and
On 15 May 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) called for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply and released draft guidelines on saturated fatty acid and trans-fatty acid intake for adults and children. The draft guidelines suggest that adults and children reduce their intake of saturated fatty acids to less
The controversy surrounding the safety evaluations of glyphosate by public European bodies, in particular the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA), has had its impact on the EU General Food Law reform. On June 13th, following the approval by the European Parliament on 17 April 2019, the Council formally adopted a new Regulation on
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:
Written by Katia Merten-Lentz and Oliver Hartmann
At the beginning of this year, the Directorate General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission (DG SANTE) published its findings in relation to the Fitness Check of the General Food Law Regulation (EC) No 178/2000 (GFL Regulation), which had been concluded by the end of
With ongoing European efforts to update the General Food Law and increase transparency in the risk assessment process for food products, Katia Merten-Lentz, a legal expert with international law firm Keller and Heckman, discusses the current state of play and looks to the future of food regulation in the EU.
The EU Regulation 178/2002, known
