Food recalls in EU – Week 18 – 2014

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This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have three recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notification: - Food additives and flavourings: too high content of sulphite in sauce, following an official control on the market. Origin Thailand, notified by Denmark; - Foreign bodies: glass fragments in ice shakes, following company's own check. Origin Germany, notified by Germany, distributed … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 18 – 2014

Written Q&A to EU Commission – Controls on organic food

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Question for written answer E-011546/12 to the Commission Sir Graham Watson (ALDE) (18 December 2012) Subject: Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 The United Kingdom Government is currently consulting on its implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008, which set out rules on organic productions and certification. … Continue reading Written Q&A to EU Commission – Controls on organic food