Philippines FDA issued draft on guidelines for food additives and processing aids.| The draft specifies:| All food manufacturers and distributors should have Certificate of Product Registration (CPR) before doing sale, distribution, and use of…
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Korea is proposing to amend the "Standards and Specifications for the Food Additives".|The regulation states that:|1.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) presented the formal petition to the FDA, which was endorsed by a number of organisations, including CR.
Scientists from Queen's University Belfast in a study found that the mice which ate processed meat with the chemicals used to cure bacon and give it its pink colour, got 75% more cancerous tumours than mice that ate pork without nitrites.
In response to a color additive petition (CAP) submitted by Colorcon, based on the data and information in the petition and other available relevant information, FDA concluded that the use of calcium carbonate for as a color additive in dietary…