Guidance document describing the food categories of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on Food Additives – Updated February 2016

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The guidance document describing the food categories in Part E of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on Food Additives has been udpated to February 2016. It was elaborated by Commission services after consultation with the Member States' experts on food additives and the relevant stakeholders, and updated to March 2015. The descriptions of the … Continue reading Guidance document describing the food categories of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 on Food Additives – Updated February 2016

Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015

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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: - Industrial contaminants: benzo(a)pyrene (12.7 µg/kg - ppb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (57.42 µg/kg - ppb) in sprats pate from Latvia, following an official control on the market. Notified by … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015