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FDA warns 16 manufacturers for mislabelling...read this in the context of my previous post!

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Thursday, March 4, 2010, In : regulations 
 

US food safety officials have written warning letters to 16 manufacturers that claim the companies have broken labelling laws.

Two Nestle divisions, snack group Diamond Foods and pie maker Schwan's Consumer Brands are among those to have received the letters in the last ten days, according to the FDA website.

The FDA letters issue a series of warnings to the companies on the health claims made on product labels and on brand websites.

Nestle divisions Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and Gerber ...
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European Food Safety Authority reduce usage of some colourants

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, In : regulations 

The European Food Safety Authority’s scientific panel on additives, the ANS Panel, has lowered the Acceptable Daily Intakes for the artificial food colours Quinoline Yellow (E104), Sunset Yellow FCF (E110) and Ponceau 4R (E124) - three of the food colours linked to hyperactivity in the "Southhampton Study" As a result, the Panel concluded that exposure to these colours could exceed the new ADIs (acceptable daily intakes) for both adults and children.

The Panel found that the currently avai...


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getfoodnews In this blog I try to compile the news related with food industry. This includes food companies, retailers, ingredients, regulations, mergers&acqusitions and others. In each post I try to designate the source of the news and add a link to the original document. I hope you find it useful. For any comments please feel free to send me an email (turgut@getfoodnews.com). You can post your comments inside the boxes appearing at the end of each posting when clicked the headline.
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