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World Microbiota Day 2024

The Theme for World Microbiome Day 2024 is “Feed your microbes – How diet shapes your gut microbiome”

Food and Food supplements for athletes: the European standard NF EN 1744 for doping prevention in sport

À l’aube des Jeux Olympiques 2024, il est important pour les sportifs de savoir que l’application de la norme européenne NF EN 1744 les protège en limitant les agents dopants dans les compléments alimentaires pour sportifs.

GLN/GPN Conference: “Sport & Nutrition: What nutritional issues for athletes?”

This Friday, June 7, 2024 from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. at INRAE, Paris 147 rue de l’Université, the GLN/GPN Conference will be held: “Sport & Nutrition: What nutritional issues for athletes?”.

Total and subgroups consumption of ultra-processed foods and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases.

It was shown in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study that higher consumption of Ultra-Processed Foods (UPF) was associated with an increased risk of cancer and cardiometabolic multimorbidity. Furthermore, the relationships were different according to the subgroups of UPFs suggesting that various types of UPFs contribute differently to the risk of developing a first non-communicable disease and multimorbidity.

A crucial milestone reached for cannabidiol (CBD) in the United Kingdom

On 30 April 2024, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Food Standards Scotland (FSS) concluded based on the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP) that novel foods, synthetic cannabidiol (CBD) and CBD isolate developed by Chanelle McCoy Ltd and Cannaray Ltd respectively were safe under the proposed conditions of use.

The DGAL launches the new French database Ingredients and notification platform Compl’alim for the food supplements: The beta versions just opened!

The DGAL, through Synadiet, organized 2 webinars (on April 23 and 29, 2024) for manufacturers in the food supplements sector. These 2 webinars aimed to present the next steps to come in 2024 concerning the change of administration and therefore of the notification system for food supplements on the French market. During these webinars, the DGAL explicitly stated its desire to build the new tool in a scalable manner and in collaboration with the various feedback from manufacturers. Thus, the DGAL was able to announce the opening of the beta versions of the ingredients database and the new Compl’Alim notification platform, before their official launches planned for the 2024 school year (September). Until September, Téléicare remains the official platform for notifying your food supplements, but will become obsolete upon the official launch of Compl’Alim.

The new European regulation on the labelling of alcoholic beverages: first applications on wines

Regulation (EU) 2021/2117 published on 2 December 2021 amends the labelling rules for wines and aromatised wines and makes it mandatory to communicate the list of ingredients and nutrition declaration of those products.

World Earth Day 2024 “Planet vs Plastics”: 22 April

The 54th World Earth Day 2024, celebrated this Monday 22 April, is under the slogan “Planet vs. Plastics”. Earth Day was born in the United States in 1970 as a result of social, activist and student movements. This event recalls the call of hundreds of thousands of people to consolidate a global alliance to act, innovate and implement measures to protect the environment among all: companies, governments and citizens.

Vitafoods Europe 2024: Geneva Palexpo, May 14-16

Vitafoods Europe 2024 will be held at the Palexpo in Geneva on May 14, 15 and 16 and also online from May 7. Every year, Vitafoods is where the nutraceutical industry comes together to create and showcase innovation, meet new partners and connect with business leaders in Europe.

Healthy and sustainable diet: how to meet both nutritional needs and climate challenges?

The agriculture and food system accounts for 34% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. France has committed to reducing GHG emissions by 46% by 2025. A joint study by the French Society of Nutrition (SFN) and the Climate Action Network (RAC) carried out by Nicole Darmon showed that a 50% reduction in meat consumption combined with an increase in the consumption of adequate vegetables reduces the carbon impact by 35% while satisfying nutritional recommendations for adults.

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