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... the european food safety authority (efsa) has backed lactic acid as a decontaminant in beef processing and said there were no safety concerns as long as its use complied with current food additive regulations ... the food safety watchdog delivered its verdict following a request from the european commission to assess “ the safety and efficacy of lactic acid when used to reduce microbial surface contamination on beef hides, carcasses, cuts and trimmings ”

... china has said that it will build credit files for all food companies and ingredient manufacturers in the country in order to better regulate against incidence of bad food quality ... according to the announcement, the decision to have a credit file mechanism was taken after repeated breaches of food safety standards by food and additive makers in the country ... the regulator said that it had already established credit files for 82,387 businesses in the country and this mechanism would now be expanded to cover food and additive makers as well ... it said it hoped the mechanismwould play a potent supervisory role in terms of keeping a check on companies for the quality of their products, given that food safety has become a growing public concern in china ... according to the regulator, in the first five months of 2011, local food safety departments had come across at least 3,312 companies that had illegally used certain additives in their products in china ... in turn, the regulator said, it had revoked the production licenses of 24 food companies and three other food additive companies in collaboration with other relevant ministries ... the general administration of quality supervision, inspection, and quarantine is a ministerial-level department that is in charge of national quality, entry-exit commodity inspection, entry-exit health quarantine, entry-exit animal and plant quarantine, import-export food safety, certification and accreditation, standardization, as well as administrative law enforcement

... a company from the united states has applied to the food standards agency for approval to market phosphated distarch phosphate as a novel food ingredient ... in the european union, it is currently used as a food additive (e1413) to stabilise the consistency of products such as soups, sauces, gravies and pie fillings, when they are frozen and thawed ... about novel food a novel food is a food or food ingredient that does not have a significant history of consumption within the european union before 15 may 1997 ... before any new food product can be introduced on the european market, it must be assessed rigorously for safety ... in the uk, the assessment of novel food is carried out by the acnfp ... the comments will be considered by the committee before it finalises its opinion on this novel food ingredient

... stevia making sweet european regulatory progress member state experts at yesterday’s standing committee on the food chain and animal health (scofcah) meeting backed the ec proposal to authorise steviol glycoside at, after the european food safety authority (efsa) backed its safety in early 2010 ... the move was welcomed by the international stevia council, whose president, carl horn said the move, “brings this calorie-free naturally sourced sweetness one step closer to all consumers in europe, not just those in france where steviol glycosides were approved for use in food nearly two years ago ... ” horn added: “the international stevia council encourages the european parliament to support the approval of steviol glycosides as a food additive in europe so that food manufacturers and consumers throughout the european union can begin to enjoy the benefits of a natural calorie-free sweetener

... spanish scientists said the green-tea containing packaging films could be used for “all types of food, from aqueous to fatty products ” to reduce oxidation of sensitive products ... the study was published in the journal of agriculture and food chemistry ... but while they have also been incorporated into polymers, they have not been approved as food additives and would therefore need this before being used in commercial packaging systems ... not only do the compounds have food additive approval they are also a “great source of flavanoids” ... analysis of the material centred on its three aspects; its optical, thermal and barrier properties; its antioxidant efficiency and the release kinetics of the antioxidant agents in several food stimulants ... development of new antioxidant active packaging films based on evoh and green tea extract by carol lopez de dicastillo, cristina nerin , pilar alfaro,ramón catalá, rafael gavara, and pilar hernandez-muñoz published in the online edition of the journal of agriculture and food chemistry

... sales of soft drinks in taiwan could fall 20 per cent in 2011 after high numbers of products became contaminated with the plastics additive dehp ... big and small brands alike were hit by the contamination scandal as it was found that two major local food additive suppliers had added dehp to a widely used clouding agent ... ” food safety reform? the scale of the dehp crisis has raised questions about food safety in taiwan and led to various suggestions for reform ... other suggestions include compulsory reporting of dehp and better mechanisms for food safety management ... lee said: “do they have enough resources to test new chemicals arising and help set up a better food safety mechanism given that the market is fragmented? will manufacturers stick to the rules strictly when more paperwork/bureaucracy or costs are expected to grow given that lots of foods and beverages are seasonal?”

... the state food and drug administration of china has banned eight food products made by four mainland firms after they were found to be contaminated by an industrial chemical ... under a circular issued on june 11, the food and drug regulator ordered catering firms to immediately stop purchasing or using the banned products, which its inspectors found were contaminated with dehp ... the eight products that have been banned include five from companies based in south china’s guangdong province: a guava flavouring additive made by guangzhou meiyi flavors & fragrances co ... ; green tea powder, liquid butter oil and egg milk-flavoured oil made by jiangmen goody's food co ... ; and a bread yeast improver produced by jiangmen jhan wang food co ... in addition, the regulator also banned osmanthus, green tea and almond flavouring additives produced by a food additive manufacturer based in the city of hangzhou in east china's zhejiang province ... via the circular, the regulator also asked for tighter inspection efforts from food safety workers at local levels in order to prevent local catering firms from purchasing or using the above-mentioned eight products

... food safety authorities in asia and australasia have banned a number of soft drinks from taiwan after it emerged that a clouding agent had been contaminating with the plastics additive dehp ... what is dehp? used in food and drink packaging to make plastic less brittle, di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (dehp) is not approved as a food additive by any national authority ... international reaction trading partners have been alerted and food safety authorities in a number of countries have announced product bans ... the contamination incident has also prompted the hong kong government to set a maximum threshold for dehp – bearing in mind that low levels of the additive may be present in food due to migration from plastic packaging ... concern about the dehp contamination incident spread as far as new zealand where food safety authorities banned imports of a guava fruit drink and a lemon drink from taiwan ... meanwhile, the european food safety authority (efsa) told this publication that it had not been asked to work on the case for the moment

... the european food safety authority (efsa) has publically called for scientific data on aspartame for consideration in its full re-evaluation, but there is no reason for fresh assessment according to one expert ... the latest risk assessment of the safety of the food additive will be based on all the latest available scientific and technical data

... last tuesday the european food safety authority (efsa) published revised exposure estimates for use of steviol glycosides as sweeteners in food and beverages, raising eyebrows in some quarters by revealing that industry players had withdrawn licensing applications for 15 food groups altogether, mainly in the ‘desserts and other products’ category ... com, guens revealed the major parties with food additive petitions for steviol glycosides signed a mutual confidentiality agreement in january 2009 to write a ‘roadmap’, allowing efsa to combine data from several applications in reaching its positive opinion on steviol glycoside safety in april 2010