UK: 14 December 2023 LABELLING / ALLERGENS - FSA Board agrees to strengthen allergy information for consumers
UK: 12 December 2023 PESTICIDES / RESIDUES - Adoption of new Codex MRLs in Great Britain
EU: 12 December 2023 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - 'Breakfast directives': MEPs want clearer labelling of honey, fruit juice, jam
EU: 11 December 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Council Discussions: Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed products
UK: 11 December 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS / MEAT HYGIENE - Application and use of identification marks for products of animal origin after 31 December 2023
INT: 11 December 2023 FOOD FRAUD - DDG Paugam: WTO rules help to combat illegal food trade
UK: 11 December 2023 ADDITIVES - Banned imported American candy with huge child appeal and worrying side effects floods the UK
UK: 11 December 2023 ADDITIVES - Explanatory Memorandum of EU Food Additives Legislation (nitrites and nitrates)
EU: 7 December 2023 WINE / LABELLING - New rules for wine labelling enter into application
INT: 2 December 2023 CODEX - Codex adopts new food safety and quality standards at 46th Commission
EU: 1 December 2023 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - European Parliament: Draft report on the EU marketing standard revision for certain "Breakfast directives"
EU: 30 November 2023 NOVEL FOODS - Commission consultation: Revision of the definition of engineered nanomaterial in food
UK: 30 November 2023 FOOD FRAUD – FSA Board Paper: National Food Crime Unit (NFCU) - Annual Update
UK: 30 November 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS – FSA Board Paper: Annual Local Authority Performance Review
EU: 29 November 2023 PESTICIDES / RESIDUES - Glyphosate: Commission adopts a renewal for 10 years
INT: 29 November 2023 CODEX - FAO-WHO 46th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards (28th/29th November)
EU: 28 November 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Council Discussions: Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and their food and feed products - state of play
INT: 28 November 2023 CODEX / CAC46: Revisions to Standard for Follow up Formula adopted
INT: 28 November 2023 CODEX / VETERINARY DRUGS - CAC46: Maximum residue limits for zilpaterol adopted by Codex Alimentarius Commission
INT: 27 November 2023 CODEX - FAO-WHO 46th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission adopts new standards
INT: 27 November 2023 CODEX - CAC46/ Directors-General of FAO and WHO open this year’s Codex Alimentarius Commission meeting with 60th anniversary wishes
INT: 26 November 2023 CODEX - CAC46 / A time to celebrate – and to consider key new texts
INT: 26 November 2023 CODEX - Codex Magazine: Codex – 60 years of standards
EU: 24 November 2023 WINE / LABELLING - Commission Notice: Questions and answers on the implementation of new EU wine labelling provisions following the amendment of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33
UK: 23 November 2023 PESTICIDES / RESIDUES - Proposed future GB maximum residue level (GB MRL) amendments
EU: 22 November 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - European Commission publishes its Health and food audits and analysis work programme for 2024
INT: 20 November 2023 CODEX - FAO/WHO Joint Media Advisory: Codex Alimentarius Commission
INT: 20 November 2023 CODEX - Paving the way for CAC46: CCEXEC85 kicks off in Rome
EU: 20 November 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Speech by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the Agrifish Council Meeting - NGT's
INT: 19 November 2023 CODEX / VETERINARY DRUGS - CAC46 / Codex Chairperson describes how he intends to conduct discussions on zilpaterol
INT: 17 November 2023 WTO SPS COMMITTEE - Members advance discussion on addressing challenges in implementing SPS Agreement
EU: 16 November 2023 PESTICIDES - No qualified majority reached by Member States to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate
EU: 16 November 2023 ADDITIVES / FLAVOURING - Smoke flavourings: Q&A with Wim Mennes, EFSA’s working group chair on flavourings
EU: 10 November 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Do you know how Member States fight fraud along the agri-food chain? A new Commission report gives you an insight.
UK: 9 November 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - CIEH and CTSI issue joint response to FSA/FSS report on local authority workforce capacity and capability
UK: 8 November 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - New Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland report highlights food safety and standards resourcing challenges
UK: 8 November 2023 PRECISON BRED ORGANISMS (PBOs) - Consultation launched on proposals for a new framework in England for the regulation of precision bred organisms used for food and animal feed
UK: 30 October 2023 PESTICIDES - GB Maximum residue level amendments and future GB MRL amendments
UK: 30 October 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Food safety and public health at risk due to vets’ strike, CIEH warns and calls for full inclusion of environmental health professionals in SPS checks
UK: 27 October 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Northern Ireland Retail Consortium: Vet strike ‘concerning’ but ‘business as usual’ for supermarkets
EU: 24 October 2023 QUALITY SCHEMES - Agreement struck to better protect quality agricultural products [from European Parliament]
EU: 24 October 2023 QUALITY SCHEMES - Commission welcomes political agreement to strengthen protection of high quality food and drink products [from Commission]
EU: 23 October 2023 FOOD WASTE - Remarks by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the Agrifish Council on the Waste Framework Directive – Food-Related Aspects
EU: 21 October 2023 ADMINISTRATION - Commission Proposal: The number and names of the Scientific Panels of the European Food Safety Authority
EU: 19 October 2023 CLAIMS / SUSTAINABILITY - FoodDrinkEurope Position Paper - Green Claims Directive
UK: 19 October 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Summary of stakeholder responses: Consultation on developing a modernised food hygiene delivery model in England
UK: 16 October 2023 WINE / BREXIT - New wine reforms to boost investment and ease burdens on industry
EU: 13 October 2023 CONTACT MATERIALS / CONTAMINANTS - FoodDrinkEurope Position Paper - Restriction Proposals on PFAS
EU: 13 October 2023 PESTICIDES - Glyphosate: no qualified majority in Standing Committee, proposal for renewal now to proceed to Appeal Committee
EU: 13 October 2023 GMOs - Commission authorises three genetically modified maize varieties as food and animal feed but not for cultivation, and renews the authorisation of another
UK: 12 October 2023 NOVEL FOODS - Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland update consumer advice for CBD
UK: 11 October 2023 FRAUD - FSA shares update on tackling food crime from the Food Fraud Working Group
EU: 9 October 2023 LABELLING - BEUC Blog: Food Label Ambush: How intense industry lobbying halted EU plans
INT: 2 - 6 October 2023 CODEX - Report of the 33rd Session of the Codex Committee on General Principles
INT: 6 October 2023 CODEX - CCGP33 / Looking at the future of Codex Procedural Manual
EU: 6 October 2023 ADDITIVES - Commission sets new reduced limits for nitrites and nitrates as food additives
INT: 2 October 2023 CODEX / ADMINISTRATION - CCGP33 underway / Updating Codex procedures to meet the need of Members
INT: 29 September 2023 WTO SPS MEASURES - Members advance discussion on challenges in SPS Agreement implementation ahead of MC13
UK: 28 September 2023 LABELLING - Action taken to help promote no and low-alcohol drinks - DHSC Consultation
UK: 28 September 2023 CONTACT MATERIALS - Consultation on the post implementation review of The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) Regulations 2012
UK: 28 September 2023 CONTACT MATERIALS - Consultation on the post implementation review of the Plastic Kitchenware (Conditions on Imports from China) (England) Regulations 2011
INT: 22 September 2023 CODEX - CCNE11 / Moving forward in facilitating safe trade in the region
UK: 21 September 2023 PRECISON BRED ORGANISMS (PBOs) - Discussion on Precision Breeding at the FSA Board meeting – 20 September 2023
UK: 20 September 2023 PESTICIDES - GB MRL amendments (adopted July 2023)
EU: 20 September 2023 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS – European Parliament considers draft report on the Breakfast Directives
INT: 18 September 2023 CODEX NEAR EAST - CCNE11 underway / Strengthening cooperation on food safety and quality issues in the region
UK: 7 September 2023 ADMINISTRATION - Incidents and Resilience Annual Report 2022/23
UK: 4 September 2023 LABELLING / ALLERGENS - FDF: New guidance on change management of allergen information is published today
UK: 4 September 2023 LABELLING / ALLERGENS - FSA publishes updates to best practice guidance on food allergen labelling
UK: 30 August 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Chartered Institute of Environmental Health raises concerns on the new Border Target Operating Model
UK: 29 August 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - UK Border Target Operating Model
INT: 23 August 2023 INFOSAN - Global food safety emergency response network reports 2020-2021 activities
EU: 24 August 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs)- Regulation on plants obtained by certain new genomic techniques and food and feed products
EU: 17 August 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Report on official controls to ensure the safe production of live bivalve molluscs
UK: 9 August 2023 CLAIMS – DHSS Consultation: Nutrition and health claims on food: proposed legislative reforms
UK: 4 August 2023 PESTICIDES - GB Maximum Residue Levels for chlorpropham
EU: 25 July 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Remarks by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the Agrifish Council - New Genomic Techniques
UK: 24 July 2023 TRADE - Call for Evidence: UK accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): FSA and FSS call for evidence
UK: 21 July 2023 PESTICIDES - GB MRL amendments (adopted June 2023)
EU: 19 July 2023 RASFF - Annual report 2022: 40 years safeguarding the European Union’s food systems
UK: 17 July 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS – FSA Consultation: Amendments to Retained (EU) Regulation 2019/1793: Official Controls Applied to Imported High Risk Food and Feed not of Animal Origin
INT: 14 July 2023 WTO SPS COMMITTEE - Members make headway on enhancing SPS Agreement implementation ahead of MC13
INT: 14 July 2023 ADDITIVES - Aspartame hazard and risk assessment results released
INT: 14 July 2023 ADDITIVES / CODEX - Critical role of JECFA expert risk assessment body reinforced as report on aspartame published
EU: 14 July 2023 CONTAMINANTS - EU-Japan Summit: Commission lifts the Fukushima restrictions on food imports
UK: 11 July 2023 ADMINISTRATION - FSA 3-Year Corporate Plan
INT: 10 July 2023 CODEX - Ailan Li, WHO: governments must ensure that food meets safety standards
UK: 10 July 2023 FOOD CRIME - FSA launches new consultation on additional NFCU investigatory powers
EU: 7 July 2023 NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Commission consultation: Legislation for plants produced by certain new genomic techniques
UK: 7 July 2023 LABELLING / ALLERGENS - CTSI warns that lack of legal definition for vegan food could cost lives
EU: 5 July 2023NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs)– FDE Comments: EU paves way for new genomic techniques
EU: 5 July 2023 SUSTAINABILITY / NEW GENOMIC TECHNIQUES (NGTs) - Commission announcement: European Green Deal: more sustainable use of plant and soil natural resources
EU: 5 July 2023 FOODWASTE - FDE Statement: EU sets new food waste targets
INT: 26 June - 1 July 2023 CODEX / PESTCIDES - Report of the 54th Session of the Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues
EU: 28 June 2023 FOOD POLICY - New evidence shows consumers' diets heavily influenced by food sector
EU: 28 June 2023 FOOD POLICY - Make sustainable and healthy food the easy choice, says the Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
EU: 27 June 2023 WINES - Commission consultation: Indication of ingredients for aromatised wine products
INT: 26 June 2023 PESTICIDES / CODEX - CCPR / Committee plays an increasingly important role in development of international food safety system
UK: 26 June 2023 ADMINISTRATION - Summary of discussions at the FSA Board meeting, 21 June 2023
UK: 22 June 2023 PESTICIDES - GB Maximum Residue Levels for thiram: Future GB MRL amendments
EU: 21 June 2023 GMOs - Food safety: Commission authorises three genetically modified maize and renews the authorisation of four genetically modified crops for use as food and animal feed only
INT: 20 June 2023 CODEX / ANALYSIS - New Codex Guideline on Measurement Uncertainty unveiled in Budapest
UK: 20 June 2023 REGULATED PRODUCTS (ADDITIVES / NOVEL FOODS) - New regulated product application system launched by the FSA and FSS
UK: 15 June 2023 FOOD CONTACT MATERIALS - The publication of the FSA Bio-Based Guide
INT: 13 June 2023 CODEX / ANALYSIS - CCMAS42 / Codex vital role in setting standards for methods of analysis
INT: 12 June 2023 CODEX / HYGIENE - Codex60 / Jenny Scott explores the revised General Principles of Food Hygiene
UK: 12 June 2023 CONTACT MATERIALS - Notice to retailers: Plastic containers or utensils containing bamboo
UK: 8 June 2023 BREXIT - FSA Board Paper (June 2023) – Retained EU Law: Update
UK: 8 June 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - FSA Board Paper (June 2023) - Border Target Operating Model Update
UK: 8 June 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - CIEH welcome publication of updated Food Law Code of Practice which enables local authorities to focus on higher risk food businesses
UK: 8 June 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Updated Code of Practice for local authorities in England and Northern Ireland to focus inspection efforts on higher risk food businesses
INT: 7 June 2023 FOOD SAFETY / CODEX - Food standards save lives: On World Food Safety Day, FAO and WHO highlight the role food standards play in protecting human health and in transforming global agrifood systems
EU: 1 June 2023 QUALITY PRODUCTS - MEPs want better protection for quality agricultural products
UK: 26 May 2023 NOVEL FOODS - Policy paper Pro-innovation Regulation of Technologies Review: Life Sciences and the government response
UK: 25 May 2023 MEAT HYGIENE - FSA Letters: Update on Mechanically Separated Meat (MSM) guidance
UK: 24 May 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - New scheme for import controls provides opportunity for enhanced role of environmental health officers at borders, says CIEH
UK: 23 May 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Consultation pack: the post implementation review of the 2013 Sampling and Qualifications Regulations
UK: 21 May 2023 WINE - Scrapping retained EU red tape on wine to unlock £180 million
INT: 15 May 2023 CCFL / Codex ensures consumers have the information they need on food labels
UK: 15 May 2023 ADDITIVES / NOVEL FOODS - The Food Additives, Food Flavourings and Novel Foods (Authorisations) (England) Regulations 2023
EU: 12 May 2023 SUSTAINABILITY Need for an increased dialogue with united EU food chain to ensure a robust and enforceable Framework Legislation on Sustainable Food Systems
INT: 11 May 2023 WTO SPS COMMITTEE - Members advance work to identify, address challenges in implementing SPS Agreement
UK: 11 May 2023 BREXIT - Decision to Scrap the Sunset is welcome, but has been a major distraction, says CTSI
UK: 11 May 2023 BREXIT - CIEH welcomes government rethink on plans to sunset retained EU law
EU: 5 May 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission Report: On the overall operation of official controls carried out in EU countries (2021) to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products
UK: 5 May 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - FSA endorses new Trading Standards Practitioner apprenticeship scheme
UK: 3 May 2023 PESTICIDES - GB MRL amendments (adopted March 2023)
INT: 1 May 2023 CODEX - CCFICS / Key role in transition to sustainable agriculture says Minister
EU: 27 April 2023 HYGIENE - Commission consultation: Food hygiene – products of animal origin (updated rules)
EU: 21 April 2023 MARKETING STANDARDS - Commission consultation: Agricultural products – revision of EU marketing standards ['Breakfast Directives']
EU: 21 April 2023 MARKETING STANDARDS - Commission updates marketing standards of agri-food products to better address consumer needs and sustainability
EU: 19 April 2023 HYGIENE / NATURAL MINERAL WATER - April Infringements package: key decisions
EU: 17 April 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS / HONEY - Commission consultation: Public health import conditions for food – amendment
UK: 6 April 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Government must prioritise effective and robust SPS regime as it publishes new model for import controls
UK: 5 April 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Food Standards Agency welcomes proposals for new import controls to protect consumers
INT: 4 April 2023 CODEX - Codex@60 / Tom Heilandt speaks to CCFA delegates at celebration in Hong Kong
UK: 3 April 2023 FOOD ADDITIVES - Updates on the labelling of steviol glycosides in GB following the GB approval of a new food additive E960c (enzymatically produced steviol glycoside) and on the approval of E 960d (glucosylated steviol glycoside) by the European Commission
INT: 3 April 2023 CODEX – Procedural Manual: Updated twenty-eighth edition now available online
UK: 3 April 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Consultation on developing a modernised food hygiene delivery model in England
UK: 31 March 2023 FRAUD - CIEH ‘deeply concerned’ about reports of mislabelled rotting meat being supplied to British supermarkets
EU: 31 March 2023 FOOD FRAUD - Commission publishes guidance on fighting fraudulent and deceptive practices in the agri-food chain
EU: 30 March 2023 QUALITY SCHEMES - Concluding address by Mr Janusz Wojciechowski at ‘Future challenges for geographical indications', organised by the Association of European Regions for Products of Origin
UK: 30 March 2023 FRAUD – FSA CEO Statement on meat fraud investigation
UK: 30 March 2023 FRAUD - Oral question in House of Commons to Minister for Food Farming and Fisheries
INT: 28 March 2023 FOOD SAFETY - A new brochure reflects the impact of FAO’s work on food safety
UK: 27 March 2023 LABELLING - FSA seeks views on new 'May Contain' guidance
INT: 24 March 2023 WTO SPS - Members endorse tools, recommendations to enhance SPS Agreement implementation
UK: 24 March 2023 FOOD FRAUD / BREXIT / PRECISION BRED ORGANISMS / OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Summary of discussions at the FSA Board meeting – 22 March 2023
INT: 23 March 2023 FOOD SAFETY - FAO sets forth strategic priorities for food safety for the next nine years
INT 23 March 2023 ADDITIVES / CODEX - CCFA53 / pre-session working groups pave the way for a smooth meeting
EU: 23 March 2023 FRAUD / HONEY - Food fraud: Commission publishes results of EU-wide action on honey adulteration
UK: 23 March 2023 PRECISON BRED ORGANISMS (PBOs) - Genetic Technology Act key tool for UK food security
INT: 22 March 2023 ADDITIVES / CODEX - CCFA53 / FAN Yongxiang says Hong Kong meeting will strengthen international friendship and collaboration beyond Codex
UK: 16 March 2023 PESTICIDES - GB Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) amendments
UK/EU: 15 March 2023 CONTAMINANTS - Final report of an audit of the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) from 13 to 21 June 2022 in order to evaluate the control of residues and contaminants in live animals and animal products
UK: 15 March 2023 CLAIMS - The United Kingdom Nutrition and Health Claims Committee (UKNHCC) annual report for the calendar year 2022 - published
INT: 15 March 2023 CODEX / NUTRITION - CCNFSDU / willingness to complete work ensures follow-up formula text adopted
UK: 9 March 2023 PRECISION BRED ORGANISMS (PBOs) - Board Paper: The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill: Consumer Information, Traceability and Developing Other Elements of the New Regulatory Framework for Precision-Bred Food and Animal Feed
EU: 3 March 2023 CONTAMINANTS - Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Arsenic levels lowered in food products to increase food safety and fight cancer
EU: 23 February 2023 CONTAMINANTS - Veterinary drug residues in food decline again
INT: 21 February 2023 VETERINARY DRUGS - CCRVDF26 / A very productive and successful meeting
UK: 21 February 2023 FOOD FRAUD - CTSI shares NFU chief’s concerns about potential for ‘disastrous’ food scandal
UK: 16 February 2023 PESTICIDES - Proposed future GB maximum residue level (MRL) amendments
EU: 15 February 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: Food safety – composite products from cereals exempt from checks at EU borders
INT: 13 February 2023 VETERINARY DRUGS - CCRVDF / A transparent forum developing science-based standards
EU: 13 February 2023 FOOD WASTE - Conference on the Future of Europe follow-up: citizens' panel puts forward 23 recommendations to speed up food waste reduction in the EU2
INT: 10 February 2023 WTO SPS MEASURES - Members advance discussions on addressing challenges in implementing SPS Agreement
INT: 10 February 2023 FOOD FRAUD - CCFICS / Workshop underlines Codex role in prevention and control of food fraud
UK: 8 February 2023 PESTICIDES - GB maximum residue level (MRL) amendments (adopted January 2023) and Proposed future GB MRL amendment
EU: 7 February 2023 GMOs – Court of Justice Ruling: Techniques of genetic modification: the Court specifies the status of in vitro random mutagenesis having regard to the GMO Directive
EU: 2 February 2023 PESTICIDES - Commission adopts stringent residue limits for pesticides to protect pollinators
UK: 2 February 2023 ADDITIVES / BREXIT - Update on the labelling of Steviol glycosides in GB following the EU approval of a new food additive E 960c (enzymatically produced steviol glycoside)
INT: 30 January – 3 February 2023 CODEX - Report of the 16th Session of the FAO/WHO Coordinating Committee for North America and the South West Pacificj
EU: 30 January 2023 HONEY - Labelling of honey blends and the revision of the Council Directive on honey (2001/110/EC)
INT: 23 January 2023 NUTRITION - Five billion people unprotected from trans fat leading to heart disease
UK: 23 January 2023 ADDITIVES / NOVEL FOODS - Applications for authorisation of miscellaneous regulated products: one novel food and one food additive
UK: 20 January 2023 ADMINISTRATION - The FSA publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for 2021/22
UK: 19 January 2023 BREXIT - Deep concerns remain over Government plans to protect environmental and public health standards
UK: 12 January 2023 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - CIEH shares its views on proposed changes to Food Law Code of Practice in England and Northern Ireland
UK: 12 January 2023 NOVEL FOODS - Update to transitional measures for edible insects in Great Britain
UK: 12 January 2023 NOVEL FOODS - Register of novel food authorisations for Great Britain
UK: 11 January 2023 BREXIT - CTSI calls for delay of Retained EU Law Bill as Lords express concerns
UK: 9 January 2023 WINE / LABELLING - Consultation on changes to legislation relating to alcoholic drinks in Great Britain
EU: 4 January 2023 ADMINISTRATION - EFSA greets the new year with a new logo!
EU: 3 January 2023 QUALITY SCHEMES / LABELLING - Council Discussions: Geographical indications and quality schemes / Front-of-pack nutrition labelling
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