Over the course of 2021, the EU authorized a number of edible insects as Novel Foods. What is the post-Brexit situation in the UK?
On January 1, 2022, the new Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May 30, 2018 on organic production and the labeling of organic products came into force. It repeals the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 and its implementing regulations, which remained in force until December 31, 2020.
Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver an opinion on the safety of Schizochytrium sp. oil as a Novel Food (NF) pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2015/2283.
On 25 January, 2022 the EFSA organized a webinar to introduce new services, processes for the health claim procedure following the implementation of the EU’s Transparency Regulation (2019/1381) (TR).
On January 14, 2022, the European Commission published a Regulation amending Annexes II (Union list of food additives approved for use in foods) and III (Union list of food additives approved for use in food additives, food enzymes, food flavourings, nutrients) of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the food additive titanium dioxide (E171).
A series of articles of the French Anti-Waste Law for a Circular Economy (“AGEC” Law) come into force in 2022; some of them have a direct impact on the agri-food sector.
The consultation has been open on December 13 and is accessible up to the beginning of March 2022. Within the framework of
On October 13, 2021, the FDA issued Food Industry Guidance for Voluntary Reducing Sodium in Processed, Packaged and Prepared Foods.
In October 2021, the draft of the EU regulation authorizing Locusta migratoria as a novel food was approved by the PAFF Committee within the European Commission. The regulation should be adopted in the weeks to come.
The EFSA scientific opinion, adopted last July, concluded on the safety of a preparation obtained from Akkermansia muciniphila. Orchidali resumes and comments the topic.
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