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 37/2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have one recall from consumers in EU in the alert notifications: - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Salmonella enteritidis in frozen raw whole chicken, following an official control on the market. Origin Belgium, notified by Finland. Between the information for follow-up notifications, we can find another recall from consumers: - Novel foods: unauthorised novel food ingredient tongkat … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 37/2014