More accurate data needed on dietary intake 07-May-2008 - Policymakers need to know more about actual dietary intake levels of nutrients before they make hasty decisions on recommended maximum and minimum consumption levels. Europe may ban 120 food nutrients 30-Apr-2008 - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has rejected dossiers backing 120 nutrient sources for ongoing use within the European Union because they were deemed "not to be adequate". Data protection key for Novel Foods reform 29-Apr-2008 - Pan-European consultation on reforming European Union Novel Foods regulations should remove the controversial substantial equivalence clause, according to an Irish Food Safety Authority (FSAI) representative. Health claim 'Chinese whispers' may haunt approval process 28-Apr-2008 - "Subtle language differences" may confound regulators in the midst of translating thousands of health claims ahead of a pan-European 2010 approval deadline, according to various industry sources. Regulation may deflate booming Polish food supplements market 24-Apr-2008 - Poland's food supplements market is growing at a rampant 30 per cent but may be hamstrung by moves to classify a range of food supplements as drugs, according to a report from a market researcher there. Ireland issues multi-lingual food labelling guidance 21-Apr-2008 - The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has published new labelling guidance for food manufacturers, which it hopes will help international companies meet the nation's labeling requirements. FSA issues health claims guidance 16-Apr-2008 - The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a detailed 81-page document advising companies on how to negotiate the various European Commission processes involved in health claims submission, approval and application. Southampton study causing supplements rethink 16-Apr-2008 - Food supplements manufacturers may have to reformulate thousands of products aimed at both children and adults if calls for bans on the use of certain artificial colours become reality. UK supplements maker rapped for misleading adverts 11-Apr-2008 - A UK company has been told to remove UK press adverts that implied it was a medical institution when it is merely a supplements manufacturer. Shifting health claim criteria may provoke legal challenge 10-Apr-2008 - A pan-European industry group has criticised the European Commission for issuing guidance that it will reject scientific health claim dossiers that do not contain clinical data.
