Australia/New Zealand: food additive amendment (INS 432) & Food Standards Code revision (2018)
Amendment No. 182 makes changed to the Food Standards Code for use of INS 432 - Polysorbate 20 - and provides for several other changes...
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Lisa Logan
Oct 4, 20181 min
EU: deletion of antioxidants Octyl Gallate & Propyl Gallate
Via EU Regulation No. 2018/1481 E311 and E312 are removed from Regulation No. 1333/2008 subject to transitional period. Further details...
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Lisa Logan
Sep 4, 20181 min
UK: Brexit and Food Law
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued this consultation paper concerning BREXIT and retention of European Union food legislation....
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Lisa Logan
Jul 24, 20181 min
Codex: 41st CAC meeting report
The Report of the 41st meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) (held in Rome from 2 - 6 July) is now available on the Codex...
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Lisa Logan
Jul 9, 20181 min
Canada: gellan gum
Health Canada has amended its food additive lists to provide for the use of gellan gum in certain standardised flavoured milks. Further...
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Lisa Logan
Jun 4, 20181 min
Macau: new sweetener regulation
Regulation No. 12/2018 lays down rules controlling the use of sweeteners in foods. You can access the document here:...
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Lisa Logan
May 24, 20181 min
EU: new uses for thaumatin
Via Commission Regulation No. 2018/677 (which amends Regulation No. 1333/2008, as amended, on Food Additives) thaumatin (E957) is now...
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Lisa Logan
May 14, 20181 min
Canada: tara gum approval
Effective May 14, 2018 Health Canada is now permitting the use of tara gum, a new emulsifying, gelling, stabilising and thickening agent,...
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Lisa Logan
May 8, 20181 min
Canada: tamarind gum
Effective May 8, 2018 Health Canada has approved the use of tamarind gum and has included it in its list of permitted Emulsifying,...
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Lisa Logan
Apr 30, 20181 min
Codex Alimentarius: CCFA 50th Session Report
Codex Alimentarius has published its report on the 50th session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) held in China March 26 -...
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Lisa Logan
Apr 4, 20181 min
Canada: Propionic acid & sodium propionate extensions
Effective April 4, 2018 Health Canada is permittting the use of propionic acid and sodium propionate (preservatives) in ready-to-eat...
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Lisa Logan
Mar 13, 20181 min
Canada: erythritol extension of uses
Effective today, Health Canada has extended the uses of erythritol to allow for its use in so-called "food thickener products" to max. 2%...
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Lisa Logan
Feb 9, 20181 min
Canada: extended uses for nisin
Health Canada has approved the use of nisin (preservative) in several new applications effective February 9, 2018. Details of the...
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Lisa Logan
Jan 23, 20181 min
EU: amendment to use of sweeteners in fine bakery products for special nutritional use
Regulation 2018/97, amending EU Regulation No. 1333/2008 has been published so that the entries for: E 950 Acesulfame K, E 951 Aspartame,...
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Lisa Logan
Dec 2, 20171 min
Thailand: food additive amendments
The Thai FDA has issued an amendment to its food additive standard. The document can be found here (in Thai): http://food.fda.moph.go.th/...
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Lisa Logan
Nov 8, 20171 min
India: food additive proposals
FSSAI is proposing to amend its food additive regulations further. Changes affecting several additives and their conditions of use are...
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Lisa Logan
Oct 13, 20171 min
India: Draft on Foods for Infants and Young Children
The FSSAI has notified these draft regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food products Standards and Food Additives)...
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Lisa Logan
Oct 3, 20171 min
GCC: updated food additive standard drafted
GSO 5/DS2500 was prepared by Saudi Arabia and also refers to the replacement of the GSO Sweeteners Standard (995). The Codex GSFA (STAN...
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foodlaw
Aug 30, 20171 min
Canada: modification to steviol glycosides specification
Health Canada received a food additive submission seeking approval for the expansion of the steviol glycoside definition of this...
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Lisa Logan
Aug 3, 20171 min
Australia / New Zealand: steviol glycosides
An application has been submitted to FSANZ seeking permission for the use of steviol glycosides (INS 960) in fruit drinks. Schedule 15...
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