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4922[UK] FSA and FSS advise consumers on substitution of ingredients in certain food products to avoid food supply disruption (2022-03-24)The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland are today advising consumers that some food products labelled as containing sunflower oil may instead contain refined rapeseed oil. This is happening to maintain the supply of certain food products containing ingredients that have become increasi...2022-03-28
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4921[USA] FDA Amends Standard of Identity for Yogurt (2022-03-22)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to amend and modernize the standard of identity for yogurt by allowing for greater flexibilities and technological advances in yogurt production. This initiative is part of the FDA’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy. Standards of id...2022-03-24
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4920[UK] Food Standards Agency launches new five-year strategy (2022-03-18)The Food Standards Agency has today published its strategy for improving food over the next five years and recommitted to its mission of food you can trust. The five-year strategy reflects the FSA’s greater responsibilities now that the UK is outside of the EU and takes into account growi...2022-03-23
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4919[UK] FSA issues call for evidence on safety of plastics recovered from the open environment (2022-03-21)The Food Standards Agency is calling for retailers, manufacturers and suppliers to submit evidence on the safety of plastics which are recovered from the open environment and recycled for use as food contact material. The call for evidence covers ‘ocean-bound’ plastics, as well as tho...2022-03-23
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4918[UK] Government Chemist contributes to food allergen guidance (2022-03-21)The GC team collaborated with experts to develop quantitative risk assessment guidance for food allergens Background Food allergen risk assessment (RA) is the use of information on the characteristics of unintended allergen presence in food to estimate the likelihood and nature of potential adve...2022-03-23
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4917[USA] USDA Announces Actions on Nutrition Security (2022-03-18)During a visit to Columbia University and in celebration of National Nutrition Month, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a report detailing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Actions on Nutrition Security (PDF, 792 KB). This report highlights USDA's commitment to advancing nu...2022-03-23
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4916[Australia] Call for comment on Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) as a processing aid (2022-03-16)Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for comment on an application to permit the use of a new processing aid for the antimicrobial treatment of raw poultry. FSANZ Interim Chief Executive Officer Dr Sandra Cuthbert said FSANZ had completed an assessment of the effectiveness and ...2022-03-18
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4915[USA] EPA Approves Label Amendments that Further Restrict the Use of Over-the-Top Dicamba in Minnesota and Iowa (2022-03-15)The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved label amendments that further restrict the use of over-the-top dicamba in Minnesota and Iowa. The amendments, requested by pesticide registrants in consultation with those states, are intended to reduce risks from the use of over-the-top di...2022-03-17
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4914[USA] Deregulation of Soybean Developed Using Genetic Engineering (2022-03-14)WASHINGTON, March 14, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is deregulating a soybean variety developed by BASF Corporation using genetic engineering. The variety, designated as GMB 151, was developed to resist soybean cyst ...2022-03-16
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4913[EU] EU Insights study on consumers and dietary sugars (2022-03-10)Abstract EFSA undertook consumer research on nutrition and dietary sugars awareness, knowledge and risk perception, preferred information sources and trust in different actors, plus additional research on stakeholder perspectives. The research results informed EFSA’s communications and engage...2022-03-15