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ESFA issues opinion on hundreds of “general function” health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 12 2010

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) recently published a second series of opinions on a list of "general function" health claims for foods

MEPs put the brakes on traffic-light labeling

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • March 19 2010

The European Parliament's Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) has apparently issued a legislative report that recommends several changes to EU food labeling laws, but stops short of proposing a uniform "trafficlight" system

EFSA studies carcinogenic furan in foods

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • August 6 2010

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued an August 2, 2010, report urging member states to increase their monitoring of furan, a compound with aromatic properties that can form in a variety of heat-treated commercial foods and which has purportedly been shown to be carcinogenic in animal experiments

European Commission adopts recommendations for monitoring acrylamide in food

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • June 11 2010

The European Commission (EC) has adopted recommendations for member states to monitor acrylamide levels in food as a way to obtain a consistent reduction of the known carcinogen found in a number of food categories

EC proposes limited ban on food from cloned livestock

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 22 2010

The European Commission has reportedly proposed a five-year ban on animal cloning for food production in the European Union (EU), but stopped short of prohibiting meat and milk from clone offspring

EFSA issues additional opinions on “functional food” health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 22 2010

In its ongoing review of food product health claims, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted 75 new opinions addressing 808 claims

EC opens public consultation on nanomaterial definition

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • October 29 2010

The European Commission (EC) has solicited feedback on its proposed definition of the term "nanomaterial."

Joint public meeting to focus on bridging nanotechnology research

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union, USA
  • -
  • February 24 2011

The National Nanotechnology Coordination Office has announced that it will spearhead a public meeting to focus on "environmental health and safety questions for nanomaterials and nanotechnology-enabled products" and to "encourage joint US-EU programs of work that would leverage resources."

EFSA reaffirms safety of food derived from cloned pigs, cattle

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • September 24 2010

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a scientific statement reaffirming its 2009 conclusion that "in relation to food safety, there is no indication that differences exist for meat and milk of clones and their progeny compared with those from conventionally bred animals."

EU considers changing “zero-tolerance” GM policy for animal feed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • February 25 2011

European Union (EU) member states have reportedly endorsed a draft regulation aiming to "harmonize the implementation of the zero tolerance policy on non-authorized genetically modified (GM) material in feed."

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