On September 20, 2022, European Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/1616 on recycled plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with foods was published.
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On August 16, 2022, Ukraine’s Ministry of Health issued three draft Orders to regulate food contact substances for packaging materials like ceramics, plastics, elastomer and rubber teats.
On August 31, 2022, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) informed about its set migration limits for antimony and Phthalic acid, bis (2- ethylhexyl) ester (DEHP) in materials that come into contact with food.
In a recent meeting of the Team for Dietary Supplements operating at the Sanitary and Epidemiological Council (Poland), it was decided that four substances, namely Evodiamine, Group of selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs), Higenamine…
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a draft notification requiring the Indian Nutrition Rating (INR) logo to be printed on food packets.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published extensive literature search (ELS) after collecting and identifying studies published since 2009 and relevant to the topic organic arsenic in combination with the substance group characterisation…
California's Department of Food Agriculture (CDFA) recently published its finalized animal confinement regulations under its Proposition 12. This comes in the backdrop of an ongoing lawsuit filed in the U.S.
Replying to a request to modify the existing maximum residue levels (MRLs) for the active substance triclopyr in oranges, lemons and mandarins, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) concluded that the short‐term and long‐term intake of residues…
After completing a detailed premarket safety assessment, Health Canada has notified that it will add phosphatidylserine (derived from soy) in the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients in foods.
On March 23, 2022, the Argentine Government introduced a new requirement (via Decree 151/2022) that requires a label to be placed on processed foods and non-alcoholic beverages that are deemed to contain excess fats, salt, and sugar in an attempt…