Amendment No. 182 makes changed to the Food Standards Code for use of INS 432 - Polysorbate 20 - and provides for several other changes...

Via EU Regulation No. 2018/1481 E311 and E312 are removed from Regulation No. 1333/2008 subject to transitional period. Further details...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued this consultation paper concerning BREXIT and retention of European Union food legislation....

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...

Health Canada has amended its food additive lists to provide for the use of gellan gum in certain standardised flavoured milks. Further...

Regulation No. 12/2018 lays down rules controlling the use of sweeteners in foods. You can access the document here:...

Via Commission Regulation No. 2018/677 (which amends Regulation No. 1333/2008, as amended, on Food Additives) thaumatin (E957) is now...

Effective May 14, 2018 Health Canada is now permitting the use of tara gum, a new emulsifying, gelling, stabilising and thickening agent,...

Effective May 8, 2018 Health Canada has approved the use of tamarind gum and has included it in its list of permitted Emulsifying,...

Codex Alimentarius has published its report on the 50th session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) held in China March 26 -...

Effective April 4, 2018 Health Canada is permittting the use of propionic acid and sodium propionate (preservatives) in ready-to-eat...

Effective today, Health Canada has extended the uses of erythritol to allow for its use in so-called "food thickener products" to max. 2%...

Health Canada has approved the use of nisin (preservative) in several new applications effective February 9, 2018. Details of the...

Regulation 2018/97, amending EU Regulation No. 1333/2008 has been published so that the entries for: E 950 Acesulfame K, E 951 Aspartame,...

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/...

FSSAI is proposing to amend its food additive regulations further. Changes affecting several additives and their conditions of use are...

The FSSAI has notified these draft regulations to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food products Standards and Food Additives)...

GSO 5/DS2500 was prepared by Saudi Arabia and also refers to the replacement of the GSO Sweeteners Standard (995). The Codex GSFA (STAN...

Health Canada received a food additive submission seeking approval for the expansion of the steviol glycoside definition of this...

An application has been submitted to FSANZ seeking permission for the use of steviol glycosides (INS 960) in fruit drinks. Schedule 15...