MoniQA Conference Report: Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management (Bari, 26 – 27 Jan 2017)

Notes of meeting by Michael Walker, LGC, UK (see bio at the end of the article). This was a two part meeting with day one on food fraud and day two on food allergen management. Food Fraud In the opening lecture of the conference Michael Walker in a talk ‘Food detectives: what it takes to … Continue reading MoniQA Conference Report: Food Fraud Prevention and Effective Food Allergen Management (Bari, 26 – 27 Jan 2017)

EU – Breaking news on allergens labelling

Last week we had great movement around this topic. DG Sanco opened a public consultation on 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