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Italian dairy country of origin labeling comes into force
Italy has introduced mandatory country of origin labeling for dairy products. The new experimental law means Italian dairy products that include dairy ingredients must list the country of origin. The Italian government said that without a negative response from the EC, and after hearing from most national agribusiness organizations, it was creating the new ruling […]
What’s in a name? Product legality, as UK updates food naming guidance
The UK’s Department for food, the environment and rural affairs (DEFRA) has updated guidance on food product naming to make the complex and potentially hazardous field more user-friendly for manufacturers. A spokesperson for DEFRA told us naming policies remained unchanged about using brand names, trademarks and other labelling practices. Firms which do not comply with […]
New gluten-free trade association formed
New trade body the Gluten Free Industry Association (GFIA) has been created in response to soaring sales of gluten-free food. Designed to support companies involved in the manufacture and trade of gluten-free products, the GFIA’s founder members include Bells of Lazonby, BFree Foods, Delicious Alchemy, Dr Schar, Genius Foods, Mrs Crimbles, Nairns Oatcakes, Northumbrian Fine […]
Meat shelf-life gets EU project focus
A new EU-funded project into fresh meat and the relationship between quality, shelf-life and packaging is examining the impact that product history and handling – as much as packaging systems – can have on shelf-life. QualiMeat is an EU Interreg project bringing together German and Austrian partners, including the Management Center Innsbruck (MCI), Austria, and […]
New use-by date guidance set to reduce sandwich waste
Tonnes of sandwiches and other chilled food that would have gone to waste may now be made available for charity use under new ‘use-by’ date guidance. The British Sandwich & Food to Go Association (BSA) has worked with the Food Standards Agency and Department of Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) to question the interpretation of […]
EU health claims process comes under fire
A lack of transparency behind the EU health claims approval process is stifling innovation and proving costly to businesses, the director of a global ingredients firm has claimed. The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) approach to evaluating the scientific evidence of health claims should be better communicated to make it easier for companies to meet […]
Are you launching a new food product in 2017?
The journey from concept to launching a new product presents a few challenges and there are key areas to be considered. Particularly from a regulatory and technical point of view. Requiring knowledge of ingredients, processing techniques, food safety, food labelling and nutrition. We have expertise in all of these areas and can bring them together […]
New rules for electronic certification of EU organic imports
New EU rules introducing a system of electronic certification for imported organic products have been published by the European Commission today and will be applied in 6 months. Following recommendations from the Court of Auditors and a request from Member State Ministers in 2011 to address concerns about monitoring the movements of organic products and […]
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