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EFSA launches cooperation project on non-plastic food contact materials

(Top Story, 08 Mar 2010 )

The European Food Safety Authority has set up an EFSA scientific cooperation (ESCO) working group to collect and analyze information on the safety of substances used in non-plastic materials which come ....


Gadot Biochemical Industries achieves BRC certification

(Top Story, 01 Mar 2010 )

Gadot Biochemical Industries (GBI) has attained British Retail Consortium (BRC) Certification with Grade A for the manufacture of citric acid and sodium citrate. Following the increased number of number ....


Microbia receives GRAS notification for its natural beta-carotene

(News, 01 Feb 2010 )

Microbia says a panel of independent experts has determined its bio-based β-carotene (beta-carotene) to be generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for food and beverage applications. GRAS is a food safety ....


Burcon NutraScience files GRAS notification and receives patent grant

(News, 21 Jan 2010 )

Burcon NutraScience Corp says a formal notification in accordance with the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) proposed regulation 62FR 18938 has been filed, having determined, based on a review of the ....


Taiwan enhances food safety with systems from Waters

(News, 18 Jan 2010 )

Waters Corp says the Taiwan Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis (BFDA) has purchased and installed four Waters Acquity UltraPerformance LC (UPLC) systems and nine Xevo TQ tandem quadrupole mass spectrometers ....


FDA approves Fuji’s astaxanthin with GRAS status

(News, 14 Jan 2010 )

Fuji Chemical Industry has attained generally recognized as safe (GRAS) status for its AstaREAL brand of astaxanthin for use as an ingredient in food and beverages. It received the official no-objection ....


EFSA completes first safety assessments of smoke flavorings

(Top Story, 14 Jan 2010 )

EFSA completes first safety assessments of smoke flavorings The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first review of the safety of 11 smoke flavorings used in the European Union (EU). ....


PACran bears health claim in Korea

(Grab n Go, Jan 2010 )

Lallemand Health Ingredients and Decas Botanical Synergies (DBS) said the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has approved their clinically documented, PAC-standardized whole cranberry powder ....


EFSA and Japan sign a Memorandum of Cooperation

(News, 31 Dec 2009 )

EFSA and the Food Safety Commission (FSC) of Japan have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on the collection and sharing of data required for the assessment of current and emerging risks. The Food Safety ....


EAS to hold workshop on supplements and medicine

(Top Story, 24 Dec 2009 )

EAS will hold a workshop called ‘Positioning your borderline products: regulatory and scientific support for health’ in Singapore on January 15, 2010. The one-day workshop will lead participants through ....






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