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2019-02 INDUSTRY GUIDANCE ON NOVEL FOOD

EU Specialty Food Ingredients has developed a guidance document which provides a clear overview of legislation and available guidelines concerning the placing of novel food ingredients on the EU market, including Food Supplements Europe’s guidance on verification of the status of a new food under...

2019-01 EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HEATH INGREDIENTS AND FOOD ADDITIVES

The on-line version of two new brochures is now available on our website’s section “Ingredients and benefits”: “Everything you always wanted to know about health ingredients” helps you to find out more about the contribution of food ingredients  to a varied, balanced and healthy diet....

2018-12 EU Specialty Food Ingredients at the 40th Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU)

During the year the EU Specialty Food Ingredients contributed to the development of Codex standards and guidelines in several electronic working groups established within the CCNFSDU for 2018, as well as during the physical working group meeting on the development of a Guideline for Ready...

2018-11 A NEW BOARD ELECTED

Mr Dominique Speleers, Executive Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Beneo, is re-appointed President. Mrs Marie-Laure Empinet (Executive Committee Member at Starch Europe) is re-appointed Vice-President and Mr Bernd Haber (Director Global Regulatory & External Affairs / Human Nutrition at BASF) is appointed Treasurer. The...

2018-11 A NEW MEMBER COMPANY JOINS EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS

At its Annual General Meeting on 13th November, the General Assembly has welcomed the Spanish company PRODUCTOS SUR as new member of the association. The broad membership of EU Specialty Food Ingredients makes it an undisputed key stakeholder of the food value chain, through its...

2018-10 INDUSTRY4EUROPE JOINT CALL TO THE CANDIDATES FOR THE 2019 EUROPEAN ELECTIONS TO PUT INDUSTRY AT THE CORE OF THE EU’s FUTURE

EU Specialty Food Ingredients has co-signed a joint call to the future members of the European Parliament to commit today to: Put industry at the top of the political agenda of the European Parliament during the next institutional cycle (2019-2024) Urge the next European Commission...