November 6, 2019
As of November 6, 2019 Health Canada has approved the use of L-lysine hydrochloride in certain types of snack food (those made from dough where the main ingredient is dried potatoes or wheat flour) to inhibit acrylamide formation. You can find further details here:...
September 6, 2019
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) issued amendments to its Food Standards Code on September 5th 2019, covering the following:
Triacylglycerol lipase from Trichoderma reesei as a processing aid (enzyme)
Aspergillopepsin I from Trichoderma reesei as processing a...
August 2, 2019
July 31, 2019
Here is the link to the Report of 42nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Geneva, Switzerland.
June 7, 2019
Effective June 6, 2019 FSANZ is permitting the use of steviol glycosides (sweetener, INS 960) in fruit drinks under category 14.1.2.2.1. The amendment can be found here:
May 15, 2019
Health Canada has recently evaluated and approved the use of Steviol glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CD15380 and CD15407 in a variety of foods, in alignment with the current permitted uses of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni.
Further...
May 2, 2019
A May 2019 amendment to Annex I of the Food Additive 'Acuerdo' - ANEXO I Aditivos con diversas clases funcionales y con una IDA establecida - permits the use of tocopherols with INS 306 (a)(b)(c) in food supplements.
April 3, 2019
Effective April 3rd, Health Canada is allowing the use of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in canned fruits products. These are already allowed in various food products as a sweetener. Further details of the changes can be found here:
March 20, 2019
Effective March 20th 2019, Health Canada has approved the use of ground limestone as a colouring in unstandardisd confectionery in accordance with GMP.
Further details can be found here: