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2015-10 Novel Foods: EU Specialty Food Ingredients welcomes Council approval of the compromise text
As the sector at the forefront of food innovation, the specialty food ingredient industry requires a clear, efficient and well-functioning regulatory framework that stimulates research and development, and ensures continued consumer confidence in food. Efforts to update and clarify existing rules have now been continuing...
2015-10 Stimulating innovation for specialty food ingredients
At the occasion of EXPO MILANO, the European Commission organised on 10 October a conference on innovation in food, to which EU Specialty Food Ingredients contributed with a presentation delivered by Dr Huub Scheres, Vice-Chair of the EU Specialty Food Ingredients Food Improvement Agents Committee. In line...
2015-06 “For Food at its Best”: EU Specialty Food Ingredients welcomes new DG SANTE video about food technology
With its recently published video entitled “Food Technology. For Food at its Best”, the European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) sheds light on three key benefits brought by food technology and explains them clearly. The examples mentioned in the video...
2015-06 4th EU Specialty Food Ingredients annual Forum on Sustainability in the specialty food ingredients sector
The morning session was open to external speakers and brought together representatives of the European Commission (DG SANTE), of Brewers of Europe, of the Water Footprint Network and of the European Food Information Council (EUFIC). This was the occasion to hear about the European Union’s...
2015-06 Securing a Sustainable Food Chain
With this initiative and in view of the upcoming adoption of the UN post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals and a new global climate framework, the representatives from across Europe’s food chain, Trade Unions and the NGO community reconfirmed their commitment to work together as a...
2015-05 EU Specialty Food Ingredients Member ISA organises a Symposium on sweet taste management
Touching on the very topical subject of the management of sweet taste in our daily life, the speakers will present the latest results into case studies and research on sweet taste, food intake behaviour and appetite for sweet products, the impact on body weight, and...