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2018-01 Deletion of an additive from the European Union list as part of the safety re-evaluation process
The Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/98 deleting calcium sorbate (E 203) from the Union list of food additives was published in the Official Journal of the EU on 23rd January 2018. This publication follows the re-evaluation of sorbic acid (E 200), potassium sorbate (E 202) and...
2018-01 Fitness check of General Food Law: EU Specialty Food Ingredients findings on industry competitiveness acknowledged by Commission
The European Commission published on 15th January 2018 its final report of the Fitness Check of the General Food Law (also known as “GFL” – Regulation (EC) 178/2002). Launched in 2014, this “Fitness Check” exercise has consisted in assessing whether the GFL is ‘fit for...
2017-11 EU Specialty Food Ingredients elects a strengthened Board
Mr 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 appointed Vice-President and Mr François Scheffler (Vice President - Global Segment Management Human Nutrition, Nutrition & Health Division at BASF SE)...
2017-11 EU Specialty Food Ingredients welcomes two new members
At its AGM on 15 November 2017, the General Assembly of members confirms the membership of the additive group of the German Chemical industry Association VCI (Fachvereiningung Lebensmittelzusatzstoffe im Verband der Chemischen Industrie e.V.) and of Corbion as of 1st January 2018. Members are very...
2017-10 For an ambitious EU industrial strategy, Going further
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to have co-signed, together with other 118 associations, the paper “For an ambitious EU industrial strategy, Going further”, which builds upon the EC Communication on “Investing in a smart, innovative and sustainable Industry: a renewed Industrial Strategy for Europe”,...
2017-09 EU Specialty Food Ingredients experts interviewed by FAO on impact of Codex for businesses
Present at the last meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Committee, Dirk Cremer, Chair of EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ working group dedicated to the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) and Huub Scheres, Vice-Chair of this task force, were interviewed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation...