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572[UK] Technical guidance on nutrition labelling (2016-09-29)Provides support to businesses on nutrition related requirements of the EU Food Information for Consumers regulation (EU FIC). Documents Technical guidance on nutrition labelling PDF, 593KB, 22 pages . Annex to technical guidance on nutrition labelling ...2016-10-04
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571[UK] Industry attends PHE bridfing on reduction and reformulation (2016-09-29)PHE-led programme asks industry to remove 20% of the sugar from food eaten most by children. Food and drink industry businesses, health charities and campaign groups attended a Public Health England (PHE) briefing on the reduction and reformulation programme today (Thursday 29 September). ...2016-10-04
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570[USA] Questions and Answers related to the Final Rule "Records To Be Kept by Official Establishments and Retail Stores That Grind Raw Beef Products" (2016-09-29)Question 1: What raw ground beef products are covered by the Final Rule? Answer: The Final Rule does not apply to specific products. It requires that official establishments or retail stores that grind raw beef keep records concerning their grinding activities. If official establishments have...2016-10-04
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569[USA] Colorado gives marijuana candy a new look to avoid confusion (2016-09-30)DENVER (AP) -- Wondering if that brownie contains pot? Colorado has you covered. A requirement that edible marijuana products come with a diamond-shaped stamp and the letters T-H-C - not just on the packaging but on the brownies, candies and other edibles themselves - takes effect Saturday. ...2016-10-04
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568[USA] Fruit Labeling Accuracy Act of 2016 World Prohibit Added Sugars Labeling for Naturally Tart Fruits (2016-09-29)•As reported on May 20, 2016 on this blog, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final rules to implement changes to nutrition labeling requirement in the U.S. In our summary of the final rule on the Nutrition Facts label requirements, we reported that FDA will require a declaration ...2016-10-04
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567[New Zealand] Fungicide joins the fungus fight (2016-09-29)A fungicide that will help protect New Zealand’s world-leading arable farming industry has been approved for use by the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Elatus Plus will be used to help control a range of fungal diseases such as speckled leaf blotch, glume blotch, leaf rust ...2016-10-04
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566[Canada] Senate bill would ban junk food ads targeting kids (2016-09-28)A new Senate bill would ban food and soft drink marketing that targets kids under age 13, with the goal of reducing junk food consumption and obesity in Canada. Conservative Senator Nancy Greene Raine — who introduced the bill, S-228 — said food purchasing decisions should be left...2016-09-30
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565[USA] US soda-tax battle bubbles up in San Francisco Bay Area (2016-09-28)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The national fight over sugary soda is bubbling up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where voters in November will consider a tax on the drinks that many health experts say contribute to diabetes, obesity and tooth decay. Backers of the campaign say a penny-per-ounce t...2016-09-30
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564[USA] Retail beef grinders better be keeping their logs come Saturday (2016-09-29)If it takes a little longer to get your butcher’s attention on Saturday, he or she might be busy with grinding logs. And if grinding logs are a successful tool, it will be easier to find the source of contaminated beef during outbreaks. The final rule requiring “official establish...2016-09-30
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563[Australia] Plant-based milk alternatives (2016-09-28)Several beverages derived from cereals, legumes or nuts or a combination of these products are available on the market as dairy milk alternatives. These beverages are made from: legumes such as soy cereals such as rice or oat nuts such as almond. Are plant–based milk alternativ...2016-09-29