Food recalls in EU – Week 19 – 2014

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: - Poor or insufficient controls: inadequate thermal processing on plum bread and butter pudding, following a consumer complaint. Origin United Kingdom, notified by United Kingdom, distributed also to Ireland; - Pathogenic micro-organisms: Bacillus Cereus in sweet peppers, following an official control … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 19 – 2014

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

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?