ORGANIC FOODS: NEW TECHNICAL RULES IN THE EU
From January 1, 2021, in the European Union the organic food market will be regulated by the framework Regulation (EU) n. 2018/848. In view of this date, a number of [...]
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EU SETS FRAMEWORK FOR HANDLING OFFICIAL CONTROLS ON FOOD VIS-A-VIS COVID-19
As Covid-19 is spreading, the EU Commission addresses first measures for handling the severe health emergency and assuring the official control system run the business despite the circumstances are, litterally [...]
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CHILE ENTERING EU ORGANIC MARKET (AND VICE VERSA)
Following the signature of the Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Chile on trade in organic products, on 27 April 2017, recognition of the equivalence of their respective rules [...]
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WELCOMING EXOTIC MEALS AS NOVEL FOODS!
Good news for Traditional Foods From Third Countries (TFFTC) on the EU: EFSA gave the green light to the first application for placing on the marketing of a TFFTC under [...]
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PALM OIL IN EU: NEW MAXIMUM LEVELS
Following the scientific opinion delivered by EFSA in 2016, the Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/290 will enter into force on 19 March 2018, introducing new maximum levels (MLs) of glycidyl fatty acid esters [...]
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LIGHT FOODS IN INDIA: CHANGING MARKETING CONDITIONS WORRY EU
India is moving toward a new legal framework on nutrition and health claims (NHC), as on 22 November 2017 its government notified the draft Food Safety and Standards (Advertisements and [...]
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A CLAIM REJECTED IS BETTER THAN A CLAIM ON HOLD
An ECJ ruling on two cases (Joined Cases C 596/15 P and C 597/15 P) brought against the European Commission could finally bring a change to the regulatory deadlock on botanicals [...]
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