Food recalls in EU – Week 2/2015

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 Industrial contaminants:ย benzo(a)pyrene (12.7 ยตg/kg - ppb) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (57.42 ยตg/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

EU – Breaking news on allergens labelling

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

Last week we had great movement around this topic. DG Sanco opened a public consultation onย Guidelines relating to the provision of information on substances or products causing allergies or intolerances as listed in Annex II of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 on the provision of food information to consumers. The consultation aim is to gather opinions … Continue reading EU – Breaking news on allergens labelling