In February 2017, Mexico's COFEPRIS published several amendments covering various categories of food additive (including GMP additives,...

The Thai Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) has notified WTO of the publication of a new food additive standard. Notification of the...

The FSSAI has gazetted Regulation F.No. 1-4/Nutraceuticals/FSSAI-2013 laying down detailed compositional requirements (including additive...

FSANZ is considering the addition of several minor steviol glycosides to the current definition of 10 steviol glycosides. Applications...

Health Canada has modified the list of permitted preservatives to allow for the use of potassium acetate and potassium diacetate in...

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) has updated the list of Designated Additives in Japan. The list in English can be...

Japan's MHLW (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) has recently published the latest versions of its List of Designated Additives...

Health Canada is now allowing steviol glycosides to be used as a sweetener in nutritional supplement bars. This approval became effective...

On July 15, 2016 FSANZ published the assessment report for an application (A1132) to expand the definition of the intense sweetener...

Effective 29 June 2016 Health Canada has removed the entries for 2-nitropropane (under extraction / carrier solvents) and epichlorohydrin...

Japan's MHLW has issued a new Standard for use of food additives (updated June 8, 2016). http://www.ffcr.or.jp/zaidan/FFCRHOME.nsf/pages/...

Health Canada proposes to allow potassium acetate and potassium diacetate as preservatives in meat and poultry products. See link here:...