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US lifts ban on Chinese chicken imports

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 2 2009

In early June 2009, the US Senate introduced a bill that would conditionally lift a ban on the importation of cooked chicken products from the People's Republic of China (PRC), which the PRC has been challenging at the World Trade Organization since April 2009

FSA: salt reduction targets

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 2 2009

On 18 May 2009, the FSA published voluntary salt reduction targets for 2012, aiming to reduce salt intake to 6g a day or below (the amount recommended by the independent Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition to lower the risk of heart disease and stroke

FSA: welcomes publication of final front-of-pack labelling report

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 2 2009

On 30 July 2009, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) launched a consultation on the issues that, in its view, need to be resolved to produce an integrated and effective approach to front-of-pack (FOP) labelling

FSA: consultation on reducing saturated fat and added sugar in key foods

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 2 2009

On 28 July 2009, the FSA launched a consultation on its proposals to introduce voluntary recommendations for food manufacturers for reductions in saturated fat and added sugar, and increased availability of smaller single-portion sizes

GMO update

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • September 2 2009

The EU Council of Ministers will decide in October 2009 whether or not to authorise three GM maize crops (Monsanto's MON88017 and MON89034, and Pioneer's 59122xNK603), following the Member States' failure to reach agreement

Update - report on last year's listeria outbreak

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 2 2009

A report released by health executive Sheila Weatherill on 21 July 2009 details what she describes as a catalogue of errors and gaps in the Canadian food safety network which, the report claims, contributed to the deaths of 22 people in the 2008 listeria outbreak

Food Safety Enhancement Act passes House vote

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 2 2009

The US House of Representatives passed the Food Safety Enhancement Act (the Act) on 29 July 2009, after numerous last-minute amendments

Food safety update

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 7 2009

The US Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee unanimously approved the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act on 18 November 2009

European Court of Justice rules on food supplements

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • August 2 2010

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has recently ruled that member states remain competent to establish upper safe limits (USLs) for nutrients used in food supplements where specific levels have not been stipulated by the European Commission

Food and Drug Administration consultation on point-of-purchase nutrition information

  • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 2 2010

The FDA has asked for comments and information from the public and other interested parties about how to enhance the usefulness of point-of-purchase nutrition information

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