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Nutri-Score in Romania: senators reject it and ask for a new food labeling

USR Constanța senator Remus Negoi gave a speech in the Senate plenary session regarding the legislative initiative of USR deputy Adrian Wiener, concerning voluntary nutrition labeling “Nutri-Score and the importance of a healthy diet.

Monacolins from red yeast rice: new restrictions

The conditions of use of the ingredient are now set by Regulation (EU) 2022/860.

Environmental labelling scheme in France: the Planet-score

On Tuesday, May 31 the NatExpo team organized a webinar-debate on nutrition labeling and environmental labelling schemes. The five speakers were: Florence Roublot (Natexpo), Emmanuel Fournet (NielsenIQ) as moderator, Sabine Bonnot (Institut de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation biologiques – ITAB, Institute of Organic Agriculture and Food), Sybile Chapron (Nature et Aliments), and Vincent Colomb (Agence de la transition écologique – ADEME, Agency of Ecological Transition).

Microbiota analysis for risk assessment

The EFSA published on May 2022 an article related to the project  “Microbiota analysis for risk assessment: evaluation of hazardous dietary substances and its potential role on the gut microbiome variability and dysbiosis in a special issue dedicated to the European Food Risk assessment (EU-FOR A) program.

EFSA published the definitive version of its advice on nutrient profiling: the next steps are up to the Commission

The publication of the advice follows the public consultation to which the draft, endorsed in October 2021, had been submitted.

The prospects of insects as food and feed and the impact of Brexit at the core of the Royal Entomological Society’s latest conference

The conference was held on April 26th and 27th, and hosted a series of high caliber speakers

What is the impact of the Covid 19 health crisis on weight of young French people?

In France, the maternal and child protection service, in charge at the departmental level of the organization of health check-ups in nursery schools for 4-year-old children, conducted a study to explore, over three school years (2018 -2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021), the evolution of the height and weight status of children and to estimate the impact of the health crisis due to SARS-CoV-2 in the Val-de-Marne district.

An asterisk (*) behind the claims of herbal dietary supplements in the Netherlands

You may see a claim followed by an asterisk on a herbal food supplement marketed in the Netherlands. These food supplements are composed of one or more plant(s) or plant extract(s) claiming effects on health. In accordance with European regulations on nutritional and health claims, only scientifically substantiated claims are permitted.

Focus on the EHPM model for setting maximum and minimum amounts of vitamins and minerals in food supplements

The calculation model was published and presented to the Commission in December 2021.

Maximum and minimum amounts of vitamins and minerals in food supplements: towards harmonization at the European level?

The Commission resumed works to define maximum and minimum doses of vitamins and minerals in fortified food and food supplements.

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