Tag: additive
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Pew Report Points to Gaps in FDA Toxicity Data for Food Additives
The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Food Additive Project has published a paper in Reproductive Toxicology claiming that gaps in the toxicity data for food additives raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) safety assessments for these substances. Thomas Neltner, et al., “Data Gaps in Toxicity Testing of Chemicals Allowed in Food in the United States,”…
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FDA Approves Color Additive Made from Spirulina
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule providing “for the safe use of spirulina extract made from the dried biomass of the cyanobacteria Arthrospira platensis (A. platensis), as a color additive in candy and chewing gum.” According to FDA, “Spirulina is a blue-green filamentous cyanobacteria that occurs naturally in freshwater and…
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Independent Investigation Claims GRAS Determinations Rife with Conflicts of Interest
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has faulted the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) process for declaring food additives “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS), citing alleged financial conflicts of interest among those chosen by companies to verify the safety of new additives. Thomas Neltner, et al., “Conflicts of Interest in Approvals of Additives…
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Court Gives Preliminary Nod to Barbara’s Bakery GM-Ingredient Settlement
A federal court in California has issued an order preliminarily certifying a nationwide class for settlement purposes and approved the class settlement in a case alleging that Barbara’s Bakery misled consumers by labeling its products as “all natural” with “no artificial additives,” “no artificial preservatives,” or “no artificial flavors,” when they contained genetically modified (GM),…
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EFSA Announces Public Consultation on Feed Additive Guidance
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched two public consultations on draft guidance for feed additives. Issued by EFSA’s Panel on Additives and Products or Substances Used in Animal Feed (FEEDAP), the first draft document offers guidance “for the preparation of dossiers for the renewal of the authorization for feed additives.” Under Article 14…
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FDA Issues Final Rule on Color Additives in Distilled Spirits
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that amends color additive regulations to provide for “the safe use of mica-based pearlescent pigments prepared from titanium dioxide and mica as color additives in distilled spirits containing not less than 18 percent and not more than 23 percent alcohol by volume but not…
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FSA to Consolidate Food Safety Rules
The U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched public consultations on two sets of proposed legislation, “The Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013” and “The Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes, and Extraction Solvents (England) Regulations 2013.” The first set of regulations related to food contaminants will revoke the 2010 version and take into account new European…
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EFSA Issues Food Additive Priority List
The European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) has issued a priority list of food additives “for which scientific data are required to finalize their re-evaluation within deadlines established by European legislation.” Tasked with re-evaluating hundreds of food additives by 2020, EFSA’s Panel on Food Additives and Nutrient Sources Added to Food (ANS Panel) has asked member…