Food Law News - EU - 2012
FSA News Item, 6 January 2012
CONTAMINANTS - January 2012 update on Chemical Safety
This update provides information on issues concerning chemical safety issues in relation to food, including natural, environmental and process contaminants, radiological safety, food additives, GM and novel foods and food allergens.
A copy of the full update is available on this site. See: January 2012 Contaminants Update The following is a list of the topics covered in this Update.
CHEMICAL SAFETY UPDATE: JANUARY 2011
SUMMARY OF NEWS ITEMS
Materials and Articles in Contact with Food
- The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food England Regulations 2012
Environmental Contaminants (Inorganic)
- EU Commission proposed revisions to Cadmium limits
- Mercury
- Lead
- Arsenic
- Cadmium in brown crab meat
Process Contaminants
- Acrylamide
- Acrylamide and Furan Survey
Environmental Contaminants (Organic)
- Dioxins and PCBs
- Dioxins in sheep liver
- Brominated flame retardants (BFRs)
- Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)
- Summary of calls for data
Mycotoxins and Plant Toxins
EU
- Approval of pre-export controls for OTA in Canadian wheat
EFSA Developments
- Opinion on alternaria toxins in food and feed
- Opinion on opium alkaloids in poppy seeds
- Opinion on pyrrolizidine alkaloids in food and feed
- Continuous call for data
FSA Research News
- C03044: The analysis of urine samples for biomarkers of exposure to Fusarium toxins
FSA Survey News (Food Survey)
Nitrate
- New EU Regulation on nitrate in green leafy vegetables
Food Allergy and Food Intolerance
- Food Information for Consumers Regulation
- Rules on claims on foods for people with gluten intolerance
- Allergen management thresholds
- The Agency’s food allergen and food intolerance research programme
Emerging Risks
Novel Foods
- European Court of Justice opinion on GM pollen in honey
- Evaluation of GM food and feed legislation
- Consumer research on GM labelling
- Alternative protein sources
- New EU regulation on novel foods
- Animal Cloning
- Intelligence gathering on nanotechnology in food production
- EU definition of ‘nanomaterial’
- Labelling of ‘engineered nanomaterials’ in food
- ACNFP meeting (24 November 2011)
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