Thank God it’s Friday! Quick News from the food world (Week 43)

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Here's my article's selection of the week: EU - Author: EU health claims laws cannot be bent for botanicals, by Bert Schwitters, on nutraingredients.com: nutrition author, blogger and harsh critic of the EU’s health claim laws, Bert Schwitters, says any attempt to create separate rules for more than 1500 on-hold botanical claim applications is doomed to … Continue reading Thank God it’s Friday! Quick News from the food world (Week 43)

Food recalls in EU/Week 40 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have five recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notifications: - Allergens: undeclared soia in pasta e wholemeal pasta moose-shaped, following company's own check. Origin Sweden (via Germany), notified by Spain, distributed also to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, United Kingdom and United … Continue reading Food recalls in EU/Week 40 – 2014