FAO/WHO food allergen risk assessment consultations
FAO and WHO convened an expert group to review the list of global food allergens, recommend thresholds, review PAL and recommend improvements and devise an approach for labelling exemptions.
FAO and WHO convened an expert group to review the list of global food allergens, recommend thresholds, review PAL and recommend improvements and devise an approach for labelling exemptions.
Cesare Varallo briefly discussed some of the regulatory challenges that food business operators face in the EU (2023 Food Ingredients Europe trade show)
Francesco briefly discussed on challenges for food business operators to bring goods into the EU during the 2023 Food Ingredients Europe trade show
Bert Popping briefly discussed on challenges for novel foods regulatory requirements after speaking to food business operators in the 2023 Food Ingredients Europe trade show
Cesare Varallo and Bert Popping discuss the outcomes of the food allergen labelling brainstorming session during the Food Allergy Forum (Amsterdam, 29 Sept 2023)
Cesare Varallo discusses how to bridge the gap between innovation and regulation.
In December 2019, a consortium of 8 companies, known as [...]
IARC has categorized aspartame as 2B, i.e., possibly carcinogenic to humans. What does this mean? And did JECFA, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, change its acceptable daily intake (ADI)? The post will put the developments around aspartame in context.
This is a rare occasion: the Court of Justice of the European Union annuls the part of the Commission delegated regulation 2020/217, which classifies titanium dioxide as a carcinogenic substance by inhalation in certain powder forms.
During the fourth Joint FAO/WHO Expert Consultation on Risk Assessment of Food Allergens a process for the consideration of future exemptions from allergen labelling of highly refined foods and ingredients was developed by the experts.