Conferences in Paraguay

From 5th to 9th May 2015 I will be in the sunny Asuncion, Paraguay, for a series of conferences about food regulations. On 5th I will be at the National University, Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy, to present the new EU Regulation on food information to consumer (No 1169/2011), with specific attention for allergens and nutrition … Continue reading Conferences in Paraguay

Food recalls in EU – Week 16/2015

This week on the EU RASFF (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we can find the following notifications: 1. Alerts followed by a recall from consumers: - Packaging defective: breakage of glass wine bottle Ottoventi Punto from Italy, following company's own check. Notified by United Kingdom, distributed also to France and Ireland; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria monocytogenes (1800 … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 16/2015