The Food (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2020 have been published in Singapore, effective August 31, 2020. Changes affect several portions...

The South African Department of Health has amended its Regulations - Preservatives and Antioxidants to allow for the use of sorbic acid...

Effective May 5, 2020 Health Canada now permits the use of these additives (preservatives) in oyster-flavoured sauce to max. 1000 ppm....

EFSA has published its Opinion on the safety of a proposed change to the specification for E960 - Steviol glycosides. Further details...

Health Canada has published a new 'List of Permitted Colouring Agents' on March 12, 2020. You can access it here:...

Effective June 5, 2020, here is the link to Resolution No. 4/2019 & Annexes on the SIECA website (available in Spanish)....

On January 9, 2020 the GCC notified WTO of a draft amendment to GSO 995 covering permitted food sweeteners. https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/P...

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...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) issued amendments to its Food Standards Code on September 5th 2019, covering the following:...

The US FDA has issued a Final Rule allowing for the use of this colour additive in ground beef analogues; effective September 4, 2019....

Here is the link to the Report of 42nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Geneva, Switzerland....

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....

Health Canada has recently evaluated and approved the use of Steviol glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CD15380 and CD15407 in a...

A May 2019 amendment to Annex I of the Food Additive 'Acuerdo' - ANEXO I Aditivos con diversas clases funcionales y con una IDA...

Effective April 3rd, Health Canada is allowing the use of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in canned fruits products....

Effective March 20th 2019, Health Canada has approved the use of ground limestone as a colouring in unstandardisd confectionery in...

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is planning to withdraw ten food additives from the current list of existing food...

On January 29th, 2019 COFEPRIS published an amendment to Annex III of the food additive Acuerdo providing for the use of carmoisine...

The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) has notified the WTO of a draft standard on food additives as GSO 05/FDS 2500/2019. The...

Japan has published a new food additive standard (November 30, 2018) specifying conditions of use. You can access it here:...