Food Law News - 2018

For current news, see Food Law News. For other years, see: Food Law News - Index

EU: 21 December 2018 HYGIENE - Commission Consultation: Oenological practices authorised in the European Union (delegated rules)
EU: 21 December 2018 WINE - Commission Consultation: Oenological practices authorised in the European Union (implementing rules)
EU: 20 December 2018 HYGIENE - Commission Consultation: Commission Regulation as regards Salmonella in reptile meat
EU: 19 December 2018 CLAIMS - Council discussions: Derogations for the use of certain generic descriptors
EU: 19 December 2018 CONTAMINATION - Follow-up to the fipronil incident: state of play of implementation
EU: 19 December 2018 GMOs - Commission authorises two genetically modified products for food and feed use
UK: 17 December 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Regulating our Future (ROF) - change expectations for local authorities for 2019-2020. Update on the outcome of the consultation on the Food Law Code of Practice
EU: 17 December 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - Regulation amending general food law - General approach
EU: 17 December 2018 AUDITS - DG Health and Food Safety publishes its Programme of Audits and Analysis for 2019
INT: 14 December 2018 CODEX - Codex Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (6th Session)
UK: 14 December 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Meat official control charges – proposal to remove plant inspection assistant discount
UK: 13 December 2018 LABELLING - Government response to the consultation on low-alcohol descriptors
EU: 12 December 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - More transparent scientific studies on food safety: Council agrees its position
EU: 11 December 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - BEUC Comments: EU Parliament votes to lift the veil on food safety assessments
EU: 11 December 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - Food safety: more transparency, better risk prevention
EU: 11 December 2018 HYGIENE - Council discussions: Microbiological criteria for foodstuffs
EU: 11 December 2018 HYGIENE - Council discussions: Salmonella testing and sampling in poultry
EU: 11 December 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Council discussions: Pesticides: maximum residue levels for various substances
UK: 10 December 2018 LABELLING - Dairy UK and the PTF Launch New Codes of Practice to Safeguard Cheese and Cream Standards
EU: 10 December 2018 SPIRIT DRINKS - Council discussions: Spirit drinks: registration of 'Tequila' as geographical indication
UK: 10 December 2018 BREXIT - Food and Drink Federation response to Prime Minister's statement
EU: 10 December 2018 BREXIT - The United Kingdom is free to revoke unilaterally the notification of its intention to withdraw from the EU
INT: 10 December 2018 CODEX - Codex task force convenes to forge ahead on antimicrobial resistance
EU: 7 December 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Council discussions: Pesticides - maximum residue levels for iprodione
EU: 7 December 2018 NUTRITION - EU moves closer to long-awaited limit to heart-clogging trans fat
EU: 7 December 2018 NUTRITION - Member States support Commission's proposal to cut down presence of trans fatty acids
UK: 6 December 2018 BREXIT / MEAT HYGIENE - The new form of the UK's Health and Identification Marks
UK: 5 December 2018 BREXIT / ALLERGENS / ENFORCEMENT - Summary of discussions at the FSA Board meeting on 5 December 2018
UK: 4 December 2018 NUTRITION / LABELLING - House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Report: Energy drinks and children
UK: 4 December 2018 BREXIT - Food and feed safety risk assessment and management if there's no Brexit deal
UK: 3 December 2018 BREXIT / CLAIMS - DHSC Consultation: The Nutrition (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

INT: 30 November 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (40th Session)
UK: 30 November 2018 BREXIT - Councils advised to set up ‘food resilience teams’ to prepare for Brexit
EU: 29 November 2018 RESIDUES – Council discussions: Pesticides: maximum residue levels for various substances
UK: 28 November 2018 LABELLING - Environment Secretary meets retailers and allergy groups as allergen labelling review progresses
EU: 27 November 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - EU Parliament: EU food watchdog: more transparency, better risk prevention
EU: 27 November 2018 SPIRIT DRINKS - Commission welcomes agreement on new rules for spirit drinks
UK: 26 November 2018 LEGISLATION - Food and feed law: legislation review (July to September 2018)
INT: 26 November 2018 CODEX - Codex nutrition committee dedicated to those with special needs requiring special care
EU: 26 November 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - EU Parliament's ENVI committee must vote to end secrecy around food safety assessments
EU: 25 November 2018 BREXIT - Special meeting of the European Council (Art. 50)
UK: 22 November 2018 ADDITIVES - Consultation on Food Additives, Flavourings, Enzymes and Extraction Solvents (England) Regulations 2013
UK: 22 November 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Publication of review of Food Standards delivery
UK: 21 November 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Birmingham meat cutting plant fined over £43,000 for hygiene failings
EU: 19 November 2018 FLAVOURINGS - Council discussions: N-(2-methylcyclohexyl)-2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorobenzamide to be listed as an evaluated substance in the Union list of flavouring substances
EU: 19 November 2018 CONTACT MATERIALS - Council discussions - Recent scientific opinions on particular substances that may be used in food contact materials would be taken into account
EU: 19 November 2018 RESIDUES - Council discussions - Pesticides: maximum residue levels for iprodione
UK: 19 November 2018 HYGIENE – FSA Consultation: Proposed process for delayed and partial evisceration of poultry
INT: 16 November 2018 WTO - Technical Barriers to Trade Meeting: New matters raised as trade concerns
INT: 16 November 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (50th Session)
UK: 16 November 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Yorkshire abattoir fined for food hygiene failings
EU: 14 November 2018 BREXIT / PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS - Brexit Negotiations: What is in the Withdrawal Agreement
INT: 13 November 2018 CODEX COMMITTEE - Landmark food hygiene discussions begin in Panama
EU: 13 November 2018 COURT OF JUSTICE - The taste of a food product is not eligible for copyright protection / The taste of a food product cannot be classified as a ‘work’
EU: 13 November 2018 GMOs - Commission's Chief Scientific Advisors publish statement on the regulation of gene editing
EU: 7 November 2018 LABELLING - European Citizens' Initiative: Commission registers 'Mandatory food labelling Non-Vegetarian / Vegetarian / Vegan' initiative'
UK: 6 November 2018 BREXIT / LABELLING - Food labelling: amending laws - DEFRA Consultation
INT: 1 and 2 November 2018 SPS COMMITTEE - Members discuss precision biotechnology as a tool for agricultural innovation
UK: 1 November 2018 BREXIT - Draft Official Controls (Animals, Feed and Food) (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018

UK: 29 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROL - Food Standards Agency: 11th Regulating our Future Newsletter
EU: 29 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: Rules on a crisis management plan for food and animal feed
INT: 26 October 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (24th Session)
UK: 24 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - FSA Paper: Changing food regulation: what we've done, where we go next
UK: 23 October 2018 FORTIFICATION - Fortifying flour with folic acid: government to consult
EU: 23 October 2018 CONTAMINANTS - October 2018 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
INT: 22 October 2018 CODEX COMMITTEE - Codex committee discusses modern solutions to enhance the integrity of the global food trade and protect consumers
INT: 20 October 2018 CODEX COMMITTEE - CCFICS: Fran Freeman to Chair first committee session in Brisbane, Australia
EU: 19 October 2018 BEEF / HORMONES - European Commission welcomes Member States' support to settle WTO dispute with the United States
UK: 17 October 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - The Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland Boards respond positively to the UK-wide meat Review
EU: 17 October 2018 FOOD LAW - Don't delay General Food Law, BEUC urges Members of European Parliament
UK: 16 October 2018 HONEY / NAUTRAL MINERAL WATERS - Consultation on amending domestic food legislation
EU: 12 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: Consignments subject to border control checks - additional categories
UK: 11 October 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Review of UK meat processing identifies improvements
UK: 10 October 2018 LABELLING - CIEH Statement: Food Labelling Loopholes must be closed
EU: 9 October 2018 WEIGHTS - Council discussions: Placing on the EU market of Japanese shochu
EU: 9 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: New lists of non-EU countries authorised to import animal products
EU: 9 October 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: New rules on food imported from non-EU countries
EU: 9 October 2018 HYGIENE - Commission consultation: Avoiding contamination of oils and fats transported by sea (permitted previous cargoes)
UK: 5 October 2018 PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS - Consultation on improved enforcement of the Protected Food Name Scheme
EU: 5 October 2018 NUTRITION - Food: further steps taken to cutting down presence of fatty acids
EU: 4 October 2018 NUTRITION – BEUC Statement: Commission publishes it plans to limit unhealthy trans fats
EU: 4 October 2018 NUTRITION - Comission consultation: Industrial trans fats in foods – setting a legal limit
UK: 4 October 2018 PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS - Consultation on establishing UK Geographical Indications (GI) schemes after exit

UK: 27 September 2018 LEGISLATION - Food and feed law: legislation review (April to June 2018)
EU: 27 September 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: Practical arrangements for official controls of food of animal origin
EU: 27 September 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission consultation: Establishing specific rules for official controls on meat & live bivalve mollusc production and relaying area
EU: 25 September 2018 RASFF - Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) annual report: record exchange of information helped to trace and remove affected products from the market
UK: 24 September 2018 BREXIT - FDF response to Government's latest 'No-Deal' Technical Notices
EU: 21 September 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Commission report and staff working document on official controls regarding compliance with feed and food law, animal health and welfare rules in Member States
EU: 20 September 2018 ORGANIC / HALAL FOODS - Advocate General Wahl proposes that the Court find that products from animals that have been the subject of ritual slaughter without prior stunning can be issued the European ‘organic farming’ label
EU: 19 September 2018 LABELLING - European Citizens' Initiative: Commission registers ‘Eat ORIGINal! Unmask your food' initiative
EU: 19 September 2018 LABELLING - Origin-labelling for meat – Consultation and evaluation roadmap
UK: 19 September 2018 ENFORCEMENT / ADMINISTRATION - Summary of discussions at FSA Board meeting 19 September 2018
EU: 18 September 2018 ADDITIVES / FLAVOURINGS - Council discussions: Food regulations
EU: 18 September 2018 CONTAMINANTS – Council Discussions: Amendments of pesticides - maximum residue levels
UK: 14 September 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Update on development of National Inspection Strategies for food
UK: 14 September 2018 NUTRITION / LABELLING - Consultation: Calorie labelling for food and drink served outside of the home
INT: 13 September 2018 CODEX - New edition of ‘Understanding Codex’ now available
EU: 13 September 2018 DUAL QUALITY - Consumer product quality: Parliament takes aim at dual standards
UK: 13 September 2018 ENFORCEMEN T - FSA publishes local authority food law enforcement information
UK: 11 September 2018 HYGIENE - Proposed Changes to the UK Health and Identification Marking
UK: 5 September 2018 BREXIT - Government must be honest on suspending food regulations, say CIEH and Lord Bassam
UK: 4 September 2018 BREXIT – FSA Consultation: Proposed Approach to Retained EU Law for Food and Feed Safety and Hygiene
EU: 3 September 2018 BEEF - EU-US Trade: European Commission recommends settling longstanding WTO dispute

UK: 30 August 2018 ENERGY DRINKS - DHSC Consultation: Ending the sale of energy drinks to children
UK: 30 August 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROL - 2017 Annual Report on UK Multi-Annual National Control Plan published
EU: 23 August 2018 EFSA - Third external evaluation of EFSA – progress made, recommendations for improvement
UK: 23 August 2018 BREXIT - FDF response to Government's No-Deal' Technical Notices
INT: 17 August 2018 CODEX - Input invited from Members and Observers on Codex future plan
EU: 3 August 2018 GMOs - Commission authorises five Genetically Modified products for food and feed use

EU: 27 July 2018 PROTECTED DESIGNATIONS - EU to join the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement to better protect GIs
UK: 27 July 2018 HYGIENE - Proposed changes to the health and identification marks
UK: 25 July 2018 LEGISLATION - Food and feed law: legislation review (January to March 2018)
EU: 25 July 2018 GMOs - Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are GMOs and are, in principle, subject to the obligations laid down by the GMO Directive
EU: 19 July 2018 BREXIT - European Commission publishes Communication on preparing for the UK's withdrawal from the EU
UK: 19 July 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Expert Committee on Pesticide Residues in Food (PRiF): Annual Report for 2017
EU: 17 July 2018 FISHERY PRODUCTS - Public consultation on EU marketing standards for fishery and aquaculture products
INT: 13 July 2018 WTO SPS -Members advance discussion on the Fifth Review of the SPS Agreement
EU: 12 July 2018 QUALITY - Consumer product quality: MEPs take aim at dual standards
EU: 12 July 2018 QUALITY - BEUC Comments: European Parliament's Consumer Protection Committee sends strong signal on dual product quality
INT: 9 July 2018 CODEX - 41st Commission reaffirms commitment to science and consensus
EU: 9 July 2018 CONTAMINANTS - July 2018 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
INT: 2-6 July 2018 CODEX – Executive Summary of the 41st Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission
INT: 6 July 2018 CODEX - Updates of decisions being taken at the ongoing 41st Session in Rome, Italy
UK: 5 July 2018 ENFORCEMENT -FSA Consultation: Regulating Our Future- Amendments to the Food Law Code of Practice (England)
UK: 4 July 2018 BREXIT - Parliament: Committee considers how decisions on food safety risks will be made post-Brexit
INT: 2 July 2018 CODEX - Codex annual meeting opens: The Codex Alimentarius Commission ready to adopt new standards in its 41st session

UK: 28 June 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - The Operational Policy for the approval of meat establishments undertaken by the FSA
UK: 28 June 2018 FSA publishes its Annual Report and Accounts for 2017/18
UK: 28 June 2018 ENFORCEMENT - FSA welcomes guilty verdict in DNP trial
UK: 27 June 2018 BEEF - China lifts ban on exports of British beef
INT: 26 June 2018 CODEX - Codex holds great responsibility for the global society of food safety - Executive Committee begins two days of deliberations in Rome
EU: 26 June 2018 FLAVOURINGS – Council discussions: Food regulation on flavourings
UK: 25 June 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Tenth Regulating Our Future Newsletter
EU: 25 June 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - Commission draft implementing regulation: Modification and extension of current rules on organic production
EU: 25 June 2018 HYGIENE - Commission Draft Regulation: Amending Regulation (EC) No 2073/2005 on microbiological criteria for foodstuffs as regards certain methods, the food safety criterion for Listeria monocytogenes in sprouted seeds and the process hygiene criterion and food safety criterion
UK: 25 June 2018 NUTRITION / LABELLING - Childhood obesity: a plan for action - Chapter 2
EU: 22 June 2018 FLAVOURINGS - Council discussions: Food regulation on flavourings
EU: 20 June 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - BEUC Publication: Closing the Trust Gap Between Consumers and the EU Food Regulatory System
UK: 20 June 2018 BREXIT / ENFORCMENT / MEAT HYGIENE / MILK - Summary of discussions from the FSA Board meeting 20 June 2018
INT: 19 June 2018 TBT AGREEMENT - WTO members intensify discussions on standards
EU: 18 June 2018 CLAIMS – Council Discussions: Health claims on foods
EU: 14 June 2018 LABELLING - Food labels can fool you: BEUC publishes EU snapshot
EU: 14 June 2018 QUALITY - Dual quality of food: European Commission releases common testing methodology
EU: 8 June 2018 LABELLING - Commission notice on questions and answers on the application of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers
EU: 7 June 2018 PROTECTED INDICATIONS – Court judgement: In order to decide whether there is an ‘evocation’ prohibited by EU law, the national court must determine whether a consumer thinks directly of the protected geographical indication
UK: 6 June 2018 ENFORCECMENT – FSA Board Paper: Mid-Point Programme Report – Regulating Our Future
UK: 6 June 2018 BREXIT - An update on the Food Standards Agency's preparations for the UK's exit from the European Union
UK: 6 June 2018 FRUIT AND VEGETABLES - Hull based retailer fined for selling rotten fruit and vegetables: Rural Payments Agency secures fine after investigation.

INT: 31 May 2018 CODEX - Food import export working group makes progress on draft standards
EU: 30 May 2018 FISH - Common Fisheries Policy: Commission proposes new rules to step up enforcement
EU: 30 May 2018 FISH - Imported and EU fisheries products should be treated equally: European Parliament discussions
EU: 29 May 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Judgment in Case C-426/16The Court confirms that ritual slaughter without stunning may take place only in an approved slaughterhouse
EU: 29 May 2018 PESTICIDES - Amendments of pesticides - maximum residue levels: Council discussions
EU: 28 May 2018 LABELLING - Commission adopts new rules on labelling origin of primary ingredients in food
EU: 22 May 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - Organic farming: new EU rules adopted: Council Press Release
EU: 22 May 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - Organic farming: Council discussions
EU: 22 May 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - New rules for organic production: Statement by Commissioner Phil Hogan
EU: 17 May 2018 PESTICIDES - The General Court confirms the validity of the restrictions introduced at EU level in 2013 against the insecticides clothianidin, thiamethoxam and imidacloprid because of the risks those substances pose to bees
EU: 15 May 2018 WINE - Commission consultation: Protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms and labelling of wine
EU: 15 May 2018 WINE - Commission consultation: Protected designations of origin and geographical indications, traditional terms of wine
EU: 14 May 2018 SPIRIT DRINKS – Council discussions: Amending and correcting labelling requirements for spirit drinks
EU: 14 May 2018 PESTICIDE RESIDUES – Council discussions: Amendments of pesticides - maximum residue levels
INT: 11 May 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Methods of Analysis and Sampling (39th Session)
UK: 14 May 2018 GMOs - Post Implementation Review of The Specified Products from China (Restriction on First Placing on the Market) (England) Regulations 2012
UK: 4 May 2018 ANIMAL WELFARE - CCTV becomes mandatory in all abattoirs in England
UK: 1 May 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Challenge group scrutinise UK-wide review into meat processing plants

EU: 30 April 2018 DUAL QUALITY - Welcoming EU-harmonised methodology for food quality characteristics
INT: 27 April 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Residues of Veterinary Drugs in Food (24th Session)
INT: 26 April 2018 GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS - Origin labelling of food a boost for local economies and sustainable development
EU: 25 April 2016 FRAUD - Fight against food fraud: Commission's contribution to Europol/Interpol action against fraudulent fresh tuna
UK: 25 April 2018 BREXIT - Business groups unite to call for post Brexit alignment within the UK on food and nutritional labelling and standards
INT: 24 April 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Codex committee deliberates limits to set on veterinary drugs in foods
EU: 23 April 2018 CONTAMINANTS - April 2018 Stakeholder update on rapidly developing policy on food contaminants
EU: 19 April 2018 LABELLING - FoodDrinkEurope welcomes EU discussion on FOP nutrition labelling
EU: 19 April 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - Organic food: MEPs tighten EU rules to match consumer expectations
EU: 17 April 2018 WASTE - EU action against food waste: Commission publishes guidelines to facilitate valorisation of food no longer intended for human consumption as animal feed
UK: 16 April 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Ninth Regulating Our Future Newsletter
EU: 16 April 2018 CONTACT MATERIALS – Council discussions: Proposed amendment to the plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food regulation
EU: 16 April 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT – Council discussions: Transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain
EU: 16 April 2018 FOOD WASTE – Council discussions on the reduction of food waste
INT: 14 April 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (50th Session)
EU: 11 April 2018 DUAL QUALITY - A New Deal for Consumers: Commission strengthens EU consumer rights and enforcement
EU: 11 April 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - EU Commission wants to end secrecy around food safety assessment
EU: 11 April 2018 RISK ASSESSMENT - Commission acts to boost trust in scientific studies on food safety
INT: 10 April 2018 CODEX - Pesticide Residues 50th session in Haikou China
UK: 9 April 2018 CONTACT MATERIALS - FSA Consultation: Proposed The Materials and Articles in Contact with Food (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2018

INT: 30 March 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Food Additives (50th Session) - Report
EU: 28 March 2018 FRAUD - The EU Food Fraud Network and the System for Administrative Assistance & Food Fraud - Annual Report 2017
EU: 28 March 2018 FOOD QUALITY - Dual quality of products in the Single Market: Parliamentary Committee to discuss issue
EU: 28 March 2018 ADDITIVES - Commission Notice: Authorisation to maintain national measures which are more stringent than provisions of an EU harmonisation measure [nitrites in meat products]
EU: 27 March 2018 VETERINARY RESIDUES - Negotiation mandate for revising an agreement with the US on the import of hormone-free beef
UK: 27 March 2018 HYGIENE - Proposal to allow pet food production in food establishments
INT: 26 March 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Comment on the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food 12th Session
INT: 16 March 2018 CODEX - Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (12th Session) - Report
UK: 16 March 2018 BREXIT - Rules of origin: Food and drink sector faces hidden hard Brexit
UK: 15 March 2018 LABELLING - A Consultation on Low Alcohol Descriptors
UK: 14 March 2018 FSA BOARD - Summary of discussions at FSA Board meeting 14 March 2018 (includes science review, raw drinking milk policy and international engagement)
EU: 14 March 2018 GMOs - The General Court annuls the decision whereby the Commission rejected an application for review of the marketing authorisation granted to products containing genetically modified soybeans
UK: 12 March 2018 LEGISLATION - Food and feed law: legislation review (October to December 2017)
EU: 12 March 2018 LABELLING - Alcohol makers fail to meet consumers’ expectations for on-label information
EU: 12 March 2018 DIEATARY FOODS -Council discussions: Protein requirements for follow-on formula
EU: 12 March 2018 FOOD QUALITY - Commission launches Knowledge Centre to boost food quality and step up the fight against food fraud
INT: 11 March 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Codex Meeting: Contaminants in Foods - Utrecht, The Netherlands 12-16 March
UK: 6 March 2018 ENFORCEMENT - FSA trials new technology for remote monitoring of food businesses
INT: 6 March 2018 WTO - SPS Meeting: Members adopt catalogue of instruments for managing food safety, animal, plant health issues
EU: 5 March 2018 PESTICIDE RESIDUES – Council discussions: Regulation on maximum residue levels of pesticides
UK: 1 March 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Industry-wide review launched into meat processing plants across the UK
UK: 1 March 2018 ENFORCEMENT - National Co-ordinated Food Standards Sampling programme 2016/17 summary report
EU: 1 March 2018 OLIVE OIL - Commission consultation: Certain indications on the labelling of olive oil

EU: 28 February 2018 WINE / SPIRITS - New rules simplify tracking and identification of wine
EU: 28 February 2018 LABELLING - Food waste: better use and understanding of date marking by all actors could reduce food waste, according to new study
EU: 27 February 2018 PESTICIDES – Council discussions: Amendments of pesticides - maximum residue levels
EU: 26 February 2018 ADDITIVES / FLAVOURINGS – Council discussions: Food regulations
EU: 26 February 2018 LABELLING / QUALITY FOODS - Court Judgement: Foodstuff containing champagne as an ingredient - Ingredient conferring on the foodstuff an essential characteristic
EU: 23 February 2018 FOOD INFORMATION / OFFICIAL CONTROL - eCommerce: Commission publishes results of first EU-wide control of Internet marketed food
EU: 22 February 2018 ORGANIC FOOD - Court of Auditors Background Paper: Organic Food in the EU
EU: 22 February 2018 LABELLING - Interpretation of EU law provisions relating to geographical indications for spirit drinks
UK: 20 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Joint Statement: Food Standards Agency, Food Standards Scotland and representatives of the UK meat industry
EU: 19 February 2018 PESTICIDES - Amendments of pesticides - maximum residue levels
UK: 18 February 2018 BREXIT - FDF response to EFRA Committee report - Brexit: Trade in Food
EU: 16 February 2018 NOVEL FOODS - Novel food applications: new administrative guidance for applicants
UK: 15 February 2018 FISH - Labelling and Traceability of Fish and Fishery Products
UK: 14 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - The Food Standards Agency welcomes Birmingham Halal Abattoir Ltd fine
EU: 14 February 2018 CONTACT MATERIALS - Bisphenol A: more stringent measures for food contact materials
EU: 11 February 2018 BREXIT - FDF signatories of NFU Brexit statement
UK: 11 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Fairfax Meadow begins voluntary withdrawal of meat products
UK: 8 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Meat products recall by Muscle Food
UK: 7 February 2018 CONTAMINANTS - Post implementation review of the Contaminants in Food (England) Regulations 2013
EU: 6 February 2018 PESTICIDES - European Parliament sets up special committee on EU authorisation process
UK: 5 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Production allowed to resume at one Russell Hume site
UK: 5 February 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Post implementation review of the Food Safety (Sampling & Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2013
UK: 2 February 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - Report on Fact Finding Mission to the Unitied Kingdom to Assess Synergies of Official Controls
EU: 2 February 2018 FOOD QUALITY - Press speakings of Commissioner Jourová at a joint press conference on dual quality of food with Chair of Czech Parliament Agriculture committee Mr. Faltynek
EU: 2 February 2018 FOOD QUALITY - Commission announces dual quality of food testing campaign
EU: 1 February 2018 BREXIT - Notice To Stakeholders: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom and EU Food Law
UK: 1 February 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Review of cutting plants and cold stores

EU: 31 January 2018 FISHERY PRODUCTS - Commission consultation: Evaluation of the marketing standards framework for fishery and aquaculture products
UK: 30 January 2018 ENFORCEMENT - Eighth Regulating our Future Newsletter
EU: 29 January 2018 BREXIT - European Commission receives mandate to begin negotiations with the United Kingdom on transitional arrangements
EU: 29 January 2018 OFFICIAL CONTROLS - European Union reference laboratories for African horse sickness and for fish and crustacean diseases
UK: 26 January 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - FSA update on Russell Hume
EU: 26 January 2018 CLAIMS - Misleading food claims: 9 years and counting for EU to act
EU: 25 January 2018 SPIRITS - Definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks: Parliament committee discussions
EU: 25 January 2018 QUALITY - Commission Enforcement Action: January infringements package: key decisions
UK: 24 January 2018 MEAT HYGIENE - Action taken at meat business
EU: 23 January 2018 BREXIT - Commission Notices to Stakeholders (Natural Mineral Waters / GMOs / Pesticides)
EU: 23 January 2018 MEAT - Commission Consultation: Commission Regulation on alignment of the BSE and TSE attestation in certificates for the import of animal by-products
EU: 23 January 2018 GENERAL FOOD LAW - Public Consultation on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain
UK: 22 January 2018 CLAIMS - FDF launches new guidance on comparative nutrition claims
INT: 18 January 2018 CODEX - Rescheduling the regional coordinating committees
EU: 18 January 2018 PESTICIDES - Parliament to set up special committee
EU: 18 January 2018 GMOs - According to Advocate General Bobek, organisms obtained by mutagenesis are, in principle, exempted from the obligations in the Genetically Modified Organisms Directive
EU: 17 January 2018 INFANT FORMULAE - Update on Salmonella Agona outbreak
UK: 17 January 2018 HYGIENE - The Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland welcomes first prosecution of a business for failing to display food hygiene rating
EU: 15 January 2018 GENERAL FOOD LAW – Results of the Fitness Check (REFIT) on the General Food Law Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 178/2002)
EU: 4 January 2018 LABELLING - Commission Consultation: Implementing Regulation on the provision of voluntary indication of origin or place of provenance of foods
EU: 3 January 2018 NOVEL FOODS - New regulation adding to the food variety present on the EU market enters into force

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