The European Commission passed a major milestone in regulating health claims on food by approving a list of 222 permitted health claims that can appear on products in the European Union. Food manufacturers will have six months to adapt their practices to the new ...More
Beef Products Inc., the maker of lean, finely textured beef (LFTB) dubbed “pink slime" by the media and critics of its use, announced it would permanently shutter operations in three of its four operating plants. The announcement comes after the company could not recover ...More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today rejected the Natural Resources Defense Council's petition to ban the much-debated chemical bisphenol A (BPA) from food and beverage packaging. FDA said NRDC did not present compelling scientific evidence to impose new ...More
The number of Salmonella outbreaks in humans in the European Union dropped 9% in 20109, marking a decrease for the sixth consecutive year, according to a new report from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control ...More
The safety of certain caramel colors is under fire again after the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released results of new lab tests that found "unsafe levels" of 4-methylimidazole (4-MI), a suspected carcinogenic formed when it mixes in the ammonia ...More
As the industry awaits the March 31, 2012, deadline for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to make its final ruling on whether bisphenol A (BPA) should be banned from use in packaging for food and drinks, a report released last month by USDA’s Foreign Agriculture ...More
There is not enough scientific data to support a link between FDA-approved food colors and the increased incidence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to results of a new meta-analysis published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & ...More
The European Commission asked the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in 2010 to re-evaluate the safety of all previously authorized food additives by 2020, taking into account the latest science. Based on EFSA’s scientific advice, the European Commission and Member ...More
A consortium led by TNO is in the process of developing a global standard for substantiating health claims of food, which will provide manufacturers greater insight into the effects and allow them to develop new health-promoting food as well as provide better scientific ...More
Cargill announced the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) panel confirmed a cause-and-effect relationship between barley beta glucans and lower/reduced blood cholesterol. The opinion paves the way for European food and beverage manufacturers to use a stronger health claim ...More
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