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EFSA Declares Mealworms Safe for Human Consumption

Posted on January 15, 2021
  • The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) released a scientific opinion in the EFSA Journal on January 13, 2021 evaluating the safety of dried yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor larva) and

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US-UK Equivalency Agreement for Organic Products Enters into Effect

Posted on January 8, 2021
  • Effective January 1, 2021, a new US-UK equivalence agreement ensures that organic products certified to either USDA or UK standards may be labelled and sold as organic in both countries.

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FDA and the European Commission Finalize First Food Safety Equivalence Determinations Permitting Trade of Molluscan Shellfish

Posted on September 28, 2020

 

  • As previously reported on this blog, on March 8, 2018, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a proposed determination that the European Union (EU) food safety control

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European Commission Announces Adoption of Biodiversity and Farm to Fork Strategies

Posted on May 22, 2020
  • On May 20, 2020 the European Commission announced its adoption of the Biodiversity Strategy and a Farm to Fork Strategy.  As core parts of the European Green New Deal,

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France Publishes Order Suspending Sale of Foods Containing Titanium Dioxide

Posted on April 26, 2019
  • The French Authorities will suspend the marketing of foods containing (titanium dioxide – TiO2, E 171) as of January 2020. Links below, except the last one, are to the French

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EFSA Report Indicates Antimicrobial Resistance in EU Is Increasing

Posted on February 28, 2019
  • The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDPC) have issued a joint summary report on antimicrobial resistance in the EU based on

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Proposed EU Hygiene Rules for Insects Used in Food

Posted on February 7, 2019
  • Novel Food Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 describes the authorization process for novel food products in the European Union (EU). “Novel food” is defined as food that had not been consumed to

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EFSA Releases Evaluation of Cyanide Risk from Foods

Posted on December 3, 2018
  • The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) has opened a public consultation into a draft opinion on the health risks of cyanogenic glycosides

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German Scientific Advisory Body Calls for New EU Legislation on Gene Editing Technology

Posted on October 2, 2018
  • As previously reported on this blog, the European Court of Justice ruled that all techniques that induce DNA mutagenesis result in products that can be regulated as genetically modified organisms.

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European Union’s Top Court Rules on Gene-Editing Technology

Posted on July 31, 2018
  • The European Court of Justice has ruled that all techniques that induce DNA mutagenesis result in products that can be regulated as genetically modified organisms.  GMO regulation had previously been

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