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

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 42

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: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Listeria Monocytogenes in chilled salads, following company's own check. Origin France, notified by France, distributed also to Belgium and Luxembourg; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella Indiana in chilled and frozen whole chicken, chicken cuts and chicken liver, following company's … Continue reading Food recalls in EU/Week 42