The company Andean Grain Products Ltd, is requesting an opinion from the FSA on the 'equivalence' of their chia seeds, which are grown in particular regions of South America, with the chia seeds marketed by The Chia Company that are grown in Australia. The EU Novel Foods Regulation includes a simplified approval procedure for when … Continue reading FSA evaluates chia seeds as novel food
Food recalls in EU – Week 15 – 2014
This week on the RASFF database (Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed) we have four recalls from consumers in EU in the alert notification: - Biocontaminants: histamine in chilled tuna fillet, following company's own check. Origin French Polynesia (France), notified by France, distributed also to Switzerland; - Foreign bodies: glass fragments and stones in honey roasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds, following an official control on the market. … Continue reading Food recalls in EU – Week 15 – 2014
