Food Retailer in Class Action Lawsuit Related to Labeling
A multinational supermarket chain has become involved in a lawsuit alleging that the natural and organic fruit flavors used in their lemon raspberry sparkling water ... Read more→
Sesame to be labeled as allergen on packaged food starting 1 January 2023
A significant number of Americans, altogether 85 millions, suffer from food allergies, and nearly 1.6 million are allergic to sesame. Proper labelling of packaged foods ... Read more→
FAO releases Food Allergy Toolkit for APAC
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published their Food Allergies Toolkit for the APAC region. The number people impacted by food allergies ... Read more→
Europe: Update of the Directive on Food Supplements
Commission Regulation (EU) 2021/418 of 9 March 2021 has amended Directive 2002/46/EC on food supplements: - Modification of the unit to be used on the labelling for copper ... Read more→
FAO publishes Food Fraud Toolkit for Asia Pacific
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published a Food Fraud Technical Toolkit which describes the intention, detection and management of food adulteration ... Read more→
Restrictions on Labelling of Plant-based Products in Europe addressed by NGOs
Given the ever-growing popularity of plant-based products including milk and dairy alternatives, there is still a lot of discussion about how to label and describe ... Read more→
The Definition of “Natural” Foods – Call for Regulations
In the EU, the term “natural” in foods can be misleading for consumers. Several members of the European Parliament requested the European Commissioner for Health ... Read more→
Labelling Guidance for Potassium Chloride as Salt Substitute
On December 17, 2020, FDA issued final guidance titled “Use of an Alternate Name for Potassium Chloride in Food Labeling” to advise food manufacturers of ... Read more→