Food recalls in EU – Week 12/2015

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

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: -ย Additives and flavorings/Allergens:ย undeclared sulphite (1260 mg/kg - ppm) in candy preserved tamarind from Thailand, following an official control on the market. Notified by Denmark, distributed also to Austria, … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 12/2015

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 -ย Author: EU health claims laws cannot be bent for botanicals, by Bert Schwitters, on nutraingredients.com: nutrition author, blogger and harsh critic of the EUโ€™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)