If you can recall back to Halloween 2008, there was a big scare with candy coins. The candy was tainted with melamine, a carcinogen and a toxic substance when ingested. The media alerted parents around the world and the candy was recalled but not until after several children had become ill.
Melamine is known to cause kidney and bladder complications, particularly when it is combined with other chemicals, and it has been associated with causing cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control, “Melamine is a synthetic chemical with a variety …

The 4th edition of Fi India 2009 kicked off in grandeur at the Bombay Exhibition Centre on Friday. Organised by UBM India Pvt. Ltd, in conjunction with UBM International Media BV, the two-day mega event saw the hall running full with food and beverage enthusiasts from around the world flocking at the event to strike major deals.
The event was inaugurated with the lighting of the traditional lamp by the guest of honour, Craig R Petray, CEO, Global Sweetener Trends; M Gandhi, managing director, UBM India Pvt Ltd; Nik Rudge, group …

Joshua Sharfstein, MD, FDA principle deputy commissioner, has two lists in his office—one for top priorities regarding quality and safety issued in the dietary supplement industry and another list for less urgent needs. Sharfstein says the latter list is blank. At the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s Annual Dietary Supplement Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes in Calif, Sharfstein spoke in place of Dr. Margaret Hamburg, FDA commissioner, who had to testify before the Food Safety Hearing today.
At the top of his list of priorities is tightening up policies and practices for …

Competitiveness is a necessary condition for reaping the benefits of a given EPA.  For many ACP producers, accessing the EU market is an intimidating and unrealistic expectation, despite the duty-free quota-free arrangement secured by the EPA.  Challenges include meeting the high standards for agricultural products and competing with like products on the supermarket shelf.  In this piece, Amanda Hilligas shows how with the right knowledge and an innovative approach, exporters in Southern Africa have successfully penetrated the US market.  TNI hopes the article will help stimulate debate on what meaningful …

Our new berry flavored formula now has Acai Berry Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Omegas 3 & 6, and Calcium! It’s also Gluten free.
Veriuni Advanced Liquid Nutrition is a one-of-a-kind, all-natural liquid supplement designed to promote robust health. Our exclusive formula packs 13 vitamins, 9 herbs, 18 amino acids, and a variety of nutrients, minerals, and plant extracts for total body wellness in every delicious, mixed-berry-flavored, 1-ounce dose.
Why take a liquid nutrition? One word–ABSORPTION!!! The nutrients in Veriuni’s Advanced Liquid Nutrition are up to 98% absorbable. Compare that to the less …

MILFORD, Mass., Oct. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), College Park, MD recently purchased nine Waters® ACQUITY UltraPerformance LC® (UPLC®) Systems to support its priority to protect the U.S. food supply by monitoring domestically-produced and imported food sold in interstate commerce. The new instruments will be placed within CFSAN’s Office of Regulatory Science for developing and validating robust and reproducible methods for testing food additives, pesticide residues, dietary supplements, mycotoxins, vitamins, seafood …

When The Dow Chemical Co. (NYSE:DOW) managed to finagle the $16.3 billion acquisition of specialty chemicals manufacturer Rohm and Haas Co. in April by securing a $9.2 billion bridge loan, Warren Buffett, who last summer committed to buying $3 billion worth of Dow’s preferred shares, said that the investment looked smart at the time but “looks dumb at the present time.”
Still, analysts, on average, expect Dow to announce for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30 earnings per share of 9 cents and revenue of $11.87 billion. Earnings expectations for the …

The EU has issued a G/SPS/N/EEC/291, 292,293 / Add.1 and many other informed, formally approved a number of laws and regulations relating to food, they are: food additives and their use of food regulations, food enzymes and their the use of food laws and regulations, as well as spices and some characteristics of food ingredients with spices and the use of food laws and regulations.
 
     The above-mentioned laws and regulations have been published.

FSANZ is currently assessing an application from a food manufacturer wanting to add cholesterol-lowering plant sterols to a reduced fat cheese.
Manufacturers were first permitted to add plant sterols to food, specifically to edible oil spreads and margarines, in 2001.   This decision was based on scientific evidence that showed plant sterols consumed at a level of 2-3 grams a day can reduce cholesterol levels without negative health effects. However, the evidence also showed there was no benefit to eating more than this amount.
Based on this evidence, FSANZ allowed manufacturers to add …

PepsiCo’s Aquafina Plus Vitamins 10 Cal has become the first mainstream stevia-sweetened beverage to be launched on the Canadian market by using natural health product rules.
Product launches have gradually begun to emerge in the US since the FDA issued letters of no objection that Reb A, the high purity stevia extract, was GRAS (generally recognised as safe) for use in foods and beverages in December, effectively laying the way for what is expected to be a flood of future launches.
But in Canada the regulatory process requires companies looking to launch …