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A qualified health claim for yogurt in the U.S.

On March 1, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a letter of enforcement discretion stating that it does not intend to object to the use of qualified health claims relating to the yogurt consumption and the reduction of type 2 diabetes risk.

Nutritional and health claims made by food supplements on internet market places

On September 19th 2022, the DGCCRF published the results of its survey on nutrition and health claims on food supplements performed on internet market places on 2020. The DGCCRF makes the following observation, “regulations on Nutrition and health claims that are still too often overlooked”.

The safety of cannabidiol as a Novel Food in EU: data gaps and uncertainties

On 28 June 2022, a webinar information session was held to present the recently published EFSA “Statement on safety of cannabidiol as a novel food: data gaps and uncertainties” to stakeholders.

Monacolins from red yeast rice: new restrictions

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

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.

THE AGEC LAW: NEW PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE FOOD SECTOR

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.

Focus on the French and Italian regulations on food supplements: Analysis of the specificities (Part 2)

Besides the presence of the common views listed in Part 1, it is also possible to identify certain elements that are specific to, and characteristic of, each country.

Brexit: what we do know, and what… only time will tell

The “Brexit” issue, meaning the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU), started taking shape in 2016, after

“PROBIOTIC” in Italy: how can the word be used?

Italians are quite accustomed to the idea of consuming microorganisms to accomplish several beneficial goals. They have been doing it for years,

EFSA publishes advice on follow-on formulae with lower protein content

In its scientific opinion published on May 2017, the EFSA concluded that follow-on formula with a protein content of at least 1.6

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