The European Commission has updated legislation concerning food for infants and young children, by ruling that the minimum protein content for follow-on formula be lowered to 1.6 g/100 kcal. The decision follows conclusions made by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which ruled that “Follow-on formula, based on intact protein from cow’s milk or from goat’s milk, with […]
A new regulation to clarify the status of novel foods is being introduced by the European Commission, which may help speed up time to market. The European Commission is bringing in a procedure that will enable manufacturers to obtain a relatively quick determination of whether a product falls into the classification of […]
The European Commission is launching a public consultation on how Europe’s food supply chain can be made “fairer”. The Commission is gathering data on the “necessity and expedience” of possible measures that could be implemented at a European Union level to address or regulate “unfair trading practices with respect to agrifood products”. The Commission noted […]
The European Commission is to address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in the food supply chain with the adoption of a new action plan. The report entitled: ‘A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR),’ sets out a series of directives that call for a co-ordinated approach from EU member states. Contributions […]
