TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Public Health Bureau of Taipei County yesterday deferred the fining of fast food chains that had used arsenic-tainted oil so as to avoid violating the “No Double Sanctions Jeopardy Clause,” local media reported. As such, the amounts to charge McDonald’s and Domino’s Pizza are yet to be determined, pending the outcome of the current investigation led by the Banciao District Prosecutors Office, added media.
The provision under Article 26 of the Administrative Penalty Act stipulates that any person cannot be penalized twice for the same offense.
Should a …

The market for specialty ingredients remains an attractive one for the food companies looking out for adding innovations to their products. Adding these ingredients can be extremely valuable as it can help them to differentiate their product from those of their competitors and allow them to have a positive consumer image in the market.
Specialty ingredients are defined by their ability to impart a distinct performance benefit to a formulated product. They often provide benefits that can be used in the marketing of the product and adding the extra benefit for …

WHEELING, W.Va., July 17 — The FDA has clarified how it plans to regulate drug additives intended to thwart counterfeiting and make it easier for authorities, providers, and consumers to spot fake prescription drugs.
The agency issued a draft guidance to industry this week covering anticounterfeiting measures that legitimate manufacturers might use to authenticate their products.
In particular, it addresses so-called physical-chemical identifiers — unique, hard-to-duplicate, readily detected additives that would distinguish drugs made at approved facilities from cheap, unlicensed fakes — placed on or in pills and capsules.
The scale of counterfeiting …

Organic farming worldwide is partly a product of the 1990s boom times when that market grew rapidly. But now, because of the USA’s deep recession, according to the July 17th, 2009 Reuters article, “Embattled organic sector worries about regulation,”  some farmers are worried and/or angry about the future of organic farming due to new food safety rules emanating from Washington.
Will organic farmers be able to afford the higher costs of keeping the government-required more detailed records of running an organic farm as consumers search for lower-cost, safer, high-quality organic foods? …

The fifth edition of Nutraceutical Summit 2009, one of the leading events to represent country’s Nutraceutical industry will be held on October 28-30, 2009, at The Lalit in New Delhi. The summit is organised by the premier scientific bodies of India, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), jointly with MM Activ Sci-tech Communication Co and in association with leading associations like Pharmexcil, Health Foods and Dietary Supplements Association (Hadsa), the Indian Drug Manufacturers’ Association (IDMA), Ayurvedic Drug Manufacturers’ Association (ADMA), Organisation of …