Category: Issue 569
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EFSA Guidance Addresses “Strengthened” GM Risk Assessments
The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA’s) Scientific Committee has published guidance for renewing “applications of genetically modified [GM] food and feed authorized under Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003.” Describing “the data requirements for renewal applications, “ the guidance directs applicants seeking reauthorization of GM food and feed products to provide the following: (i) “a copy of…
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EU Parliament to Vote on Draft Law to Ban Cloned Animals in Food
The Environment and Agriculture committees of the European Parliament have approved a draft bill that would ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them. The legislation would prohibit both the cloning within the EU and the importation of cloned animals from other countries. “We are well aware that cloning…
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U.S. Codex Delegates Schedule Spices and Culinary Herbs Meeting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and the Agricultural Marketing Service have announced an August 19, 2015, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to discuss draft U.S. positions for consideration at the 2nd Session of the Codex Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs (CCSCH) slated for September 14-18 in…
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U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee to Hold Hearing on Avian Flu Pandemic and Its Impacts
Following a request from Iowa Senators Joni Ernst (R) and Chuck Grassley (R), the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will convene a hearing on July 7, 2015, to discuss the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), H5N2. The outbreak has “decimated” turkey, chicken and other poultry flocks in 15 states,…
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FDA Issues Allergen Labeling Guidance
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of industry guidance on food allergen labeling exemptions. Titled “Food Allergen Labeling Exemption Petitions and Notifications,” the guidance reportedly explains the agency’s “current thinking on the preparation of regulatory submissions for obtaining exemptions for ingredients from the labeling requirements for major food allergens in…