Q&A to EU Commission – Labelling of nanomaterials and food additives – Which future for this indication?

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

The following Q&A is of great interest because enlightens the core of the discussion about nanomaterials. How they will be defined? Will the food additives be exempted from the labelling requirements provided by the FIC Regulation or not? The two questions are strictly connected, because the definition of nanomaterial and the quantification of what is … Continue reading Q&A to EU Commission – Labelling of nanomaterials and food additives – Which future for this indication?

Food recalls in EU – Week 18 – 2014

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

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