FDA delays compliance date for menu calories labelling

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the compliance date for the final rule requiring disclosure of certain nutrition information for standard menu items in certain restaurants and retail food establishments. The final rule appeared in the Federal Register of December 1, 2014 and it was supposed to enter in application on December 1, … Continue reading FDA delays compliance date for menu calories labelling

QeA to EU Commission – Mandatory information about the food production site

Posted on by Cesare Varallo

In Italy there is an ongoing debate about the opportunity to maintain on food labels the indication of the address of the production site of a food as a mandatory particular. This provision was notย expressly foreseenย under Directive 2000/13/EC and is notย mentioned in the Regulation (EU) No. 1169/2011. It was in fact a particular that only … Continue reading QeA to EU Commission – Mandatory information about the food production site