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NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION MAY PUSH HARMONISATION OF EU FOOD LABELLING
THE INCOMING European Commission, under a new president Ursula von der Leyen, may seek to further harmonise European Union (EU) food labelling rules, especially demanding more transparency on nutrition, a response to a European Parliament questionnaire have indicated.
This pledge comes from the nominee for new EU health commissioner, Stella Kyriakides, a Cypriot parliamentarian, whose EU role includes being responsible for food safety and standards across the union.…
EUROPE BRIMS WITH NOVEL FOOD INITIATIVES, BUT REGULATORY CONTROLS CAN BE EXPENSIVE AND RISKY
Novel food ingredients and products are becoming increasingly common in branded products across Europe, finding new markets by offering twists to traditional tastes. These new technologies are enabling manufacturers to identify new untapped taste demands, which many big corporations have missed or failed to develop a product that fits a potential new market.…
IRISH ACCOUNTANTS ARE BUSY ADVISING CLIENTS ON GROWING CHINESE INVESTMENT INTO IRELAND
IRISH accounting executives are busy advising clients on how to benefit from a new wave of Chinese investment that is moving into Ireland. At a party staged at the Convention Centre Dublin this September to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Ambassador He Xiangdong said Chinese investors “are in a good mood” about Ireland, with Chinese foreign direct investment into the Republic exceeding EUR128 million from this January-June, up 75% year-on-year.…
INDIA POSTPONES TRAFFIC LIGHT FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS FOR CONSULTATION
India’s draft regulations for traffic light labelling on packaged food items have been postponed for further consultations, a Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) spokesperson has confirmed to just-food. The move, she said, recognised that there was too much opposition across the Indian food sector to introduce the planned labelling reform as it stands: “It is a very big move and if the entire industry is against it how can you do that?”…
COFFEE MAKERS SELL MORE RTD BECAUSE CHINA’S INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED COFFEE CULTURE
THE GROWING variety of ready-to-drink (RTD), capsule, and home-brewing ground coffee products being made available in China is a testimony to how this market has matured since Nestlé started pushing instant coffee on consumers from 1990.
Market researcher Euromonitor International estimates that China’s RTD coffee market size is burgeoning, predicting it will grow 32.9% to Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY10.9 billion (USD1.54 billion) in 2023, up from CNY8.2 billion in 2018.…
EU ROUND UP – ECHA LAUNCHES ORGANIC POLLUTANT PROBE
THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has started looking for persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that it may advise be restricted internationally through the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, and hence within the European Union (EU).
This new role for the agency, which could impact the use and availability of coatings and their chemical ingredients, was mandated under a new EU regulation on persistent organic pollutants (POP), that came into force in June – see https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32019R1021&from=EN…
SCOTTISH SCIENTISTS CREATE AUTOMATED TASTE TESTER, WHICH COULD IDENTIFY COUNTERFEIT SCOTCH
Researchers have developed an artificial ‘tongue’ capable of tasting differences between whisky brands, which they hope will help tackle the market for counterfeit alcohol. Engineers and chemists from the Universities of Glasgow and Strathclyde in Scotland created a set of optical ‘tastebuds’ using sub-microscopic slices of gold and aluminium, arranged in a checkerboard pattern.…
US SENATE TO DEBATE WIDELY SUPPORTED BIPARTISAN LAW TO STRENGTHEN MEAT BORDER CHECKS
A bipartisan bill has been proposed in the United States Senate to fill what the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency has warned is a shortage of nearly 700 agricultural inspectors at ports of entry.
The Protecting America’s Food & Agriculture Act of 2019, if approved, would authorises the annual hiring by the CBP of 240 agricultural specialists every year until the workforce shortage is filled.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL SHOULD PROMOTE FOOD, DRINK SALES
THE TRADE in food and drink between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur bloc of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is likely to intensify under a new trade deal between the two regional groupings. The agreement, which now needs ratification, will phase out Mercosur duties on 93% of EU exported food and drink product types, including those on wine (27%); spirits (20% to 35%); soft drinks (20-35%); chocolate (20%); biscuits (16 to 18%); canned peaches (55%).…
CHINA IMPOSES RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON USA DAIRY SECTOR THAT IS SHEDDING CHINA SALES
THE AMERICAN dairy industry has been counting the cost of the latest round of tariffs that will be imposed on its exports to China, in the latest round of the ongoing trade war between Beijing and the US administration of President Donald Trump.…