This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have two recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notification: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia Coli in vacuum packed sliced salami, following company's own check. Origin and notification from Italy, distributed also to Austria, Belgium, Malta and Netherlands; - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in muffins from skimmed milf, following a consumer complaint. Origin … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 8 – 2014
Written Q&A to EU Commission – Joint answer on trans fatty acids
In this answer to four written questions by MEPs (click the highlighted numbers to open them), Mr. Borg analyses the state of the art in EU about trans fatty acids. In US the issue is at the top of the FDA agenda. FDA has made a preliminary determination that partially hydrogenated oils (PHOs), the major … Continue reading Written Q&A to EU Commission – Joint answer on trans fatty acids
