US poultry industry
starts nervous recovery
The US poultry industry seems to be recovering, but avian influenza (AI) could rear its head again, Jim Sumner, president of the USA
Poultry & Egg Export Council (USAPEEC), has told GlobalMeatNews...
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BREAKING NEWS
House passes Pompeo
bill that would prevent state-mandated GMO labeling
The US House of Representatives has passed the industry-backed voluntary GMO labeling bill - The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act
2015 - by 275 votes to 150, and rejected all four amendments it was asked to consider...
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Is calling a product
a 'dietary supplement' compliant with labeling regs? FDA seems divided on the issue
A glitch in FDA labeling regulations has silently been biding its time to sow confusion among dietary supplement companies. The issue
is how to identify a product as a dietary supplement. Or not...
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EFSA publishes health
claims guidance; calls for input until September 11
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a 29-page health claims guidance to clarify its health claims scientific criteria
and is calling for stakeholder input until September 11...
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NEWS IN BRIEF
Petition launched
for meat tax in Sweden
Calls for a meat tax in Sweden have resurfaced two years after its government ruled out the Swedish Board of Agriculture's suggestion
that such a tax could curb consumption and reduce environmental impact...
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EC supplements report:
Need greater harmony in internet age
A European Commission report has concluded the EU food supplements market remains fragmented but member state actions in areas like botanicals
and maximum levels for some vitamins and minerals were worthy of replication, especially as internet trading rockets...
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EU group slams air
pollution vote
European agricultural organisation Copa-Cogeca said it was “deeply concerned” by Europe’s vote on air quality, warning it was unrealistic
and would hit the EU livestock sector badly. ..
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SACN REPORT
Industry: SACN report
says ‘nothing new’
There’s “nothing new about sugar” in the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's (SACN’s) report on carbohydrates, but more needs
to be done to increase fibre intake, food and drink manufacturing leaders have said...
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UK government committee
backs halving free sugars limit to 5%
The UK government’s Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) has ditched a 10% upper limit on sugar intake instead recommending
that less than 5% of daily energy should come from free sugars...
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SACN REPORT
Twitterati: industry
should lower sugar after SACN
Manufacturers must do more to help consumers halve their overall energy intake from free-sugars to less than 5%, commentators on Twitter
have urged after the release of the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition's report on carbohydrates today...
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Age range of values
needed for vitamin E, DSM tells EFSA
DSM says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) should have taken age differences, pregnancy needs and PUFA intake into account in
its intake recommendation for vitamin E instead of moving toward a blanket adequate intake (AI). ..
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France goes off-piste
with caffeine, carnitine, creatine, lycopene law? EFSA safe caffeine limit halved
France has proposed new legal daily limits for carnitine, creatine, lycopene and caffeine in supplements – the latter of which was half
that defined as safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)...
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UK KETONES FIRM CONTACTED BY PRO CYCLING TEAMS
Ketones get rough ride
at Tour de France
The use of potentially performance enhancing ketones at the Tour de France cycling race has raised questions about their efficacy, legality
and scale of usage...
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'I won't be back':
Schwarzenegger body building product canned in EU
The Arnold Iron Dream Concentrated Night Time Recover product will be discontinued in the EU following accusations of DNP content, its
official European distributor has said...
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Supermarket pricing
tactics ‘misleading’, says CMA
The competition watchdog has ruled that some supermarkets have misled consumers in pricing, just a day after the German discounter Aldi
pledged not to force manufacturers to fund its promotions...
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Ireland to debate
non-prepacked meat labelling
Ireland has launched a public consultation on the extension of mandatory country-of-origin labelling rules to non-prepacked meat, the
minister for agriculture, food and the marine Simon Coveney has announced...
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REACTION: BBC REPORT
Herbals attacked
for poor quality; industry calls for greater enforcement
A BBC investigation in the UK has questioned quality control in the botanicals sector, especially those sold as food supplements. The
industry has called for greater enforcement...
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20% sugary drinks
tax ‘ineffective’, says industry
The food and drink industry has slammed the British Medical Association’s (BMA’s) calls for a tax on sugary drinks to fight the UK’s
growing obesity crisis, claiming it would be ineffective...
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Confectionery escapes
UK tax calls, but marketing practices probed
The British Medical Association (BMA) is pushing for a tax on sugary drinks rather than confectionery, but has urged voluntary added
sugar reduction targets for confectioners and a crackdown on confectionery marketing to children...
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European Commission
refutes animal welfare critics
The European Commission (EC) has defended itself against accusations that it has been turning a ‘blind eye’ to bad animal transport standards
in member states. ..
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