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Regulatory Compliance

Navigating Pesticide MRL Compliance Challenges

Food and ingredient manufacturers are responsible for ensuring the food they produce is safe, healthy, and compliant with local and international regulations. Market expansion and consumers’ ongoing shifts in preferences […]

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Product Development

Reduce Allergen Recall Risk

Published in June, the EU Alert and Cooperation Network 2022 Annual Report reported that the greatest number of AAC notifications (35%) are due to non-compliant labels and claims and, further, […]

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Regulatory Compliance

EFSA Expands Approval of Nicotinamide Riboside Chloride

Nicotinamide riboside chloride (NRC) is a synthetic form of vitamin B3 found in trace amounts in some foods naturally, including meat, milk, and some vegetables. NRC may also be taken […]

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Regulatory Compliance

US FDA to Reopen Comment Period for Guidance on Labeling of Plant Based Milk

Last month, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will reopen the comment period of draft guidance related to the labeling of plant-based milk alternatives (PBMA) to allow […]

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Regulatory Compliance

US FDA Caps Inorganic Arsenic Levels in Apple Juice

On June 1, the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will cap inorganic arsenic levels in apple juice at 10 parts per billion (ppb). The FDA originally […]

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Regulatory Compliance

Two US States Propose Ban on Food Additives

Newly proposed bills in the US states of California and New York are putting several common food additives under scrutiny. State legislators are seeking to ban the manufacture and sale […]

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Food Safety

Top Issues in the Global Food Industry

SUSTAINABILITY Consumer Interest in Sustainability Continues to Grow Every food company, from multinational to local food producers, cannot ignore the consumer expectations and conversations on sustainability topics such as climate change and […]

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Product Development

New complexity of authorization requests in Europe

For several weeks the EFSA has rejected several authorization application dossiers (Novel Food, Food and Feed additives, Food Enzymes, Recycling Processes, Substance to be used in plastic materials) within the framework of […]

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Product Certifications

Increased demand for accurate GMO testing in feed ingredients

GMO free products are no longer considered a niche market in Europe. In Germany, almost 80% of the milk is non-GMO and it is expected that more countries and products […]