http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Regulation/New-FIR-rules-to-change-the-goalposts-DWF-law-firm/?c=sv%2Fhx0An71XyVogXE14MrNrM3IyozKXO&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily

The ASA banned the campaign’s TV and poster ads after receiving 63 complaints, including objections from the Natural Hydration Council (NHC), a trade body representing bottled water producers.

The scientific panel of the organisation incorporates experienced nutrition scientists.

The move recalls the fire Lucozade and similar brands came under from scientists and pressure groups during the London 2012 Olympics for making what opponents said were insufficiently substantiated health claims.

http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Regulation/Sports-drink-ad-claims-attacked/?c=xp6tNRWPQnb6HVg8WBH8tdBEtA3%2Bf2Er&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily

The regulator is about to start testing a range of foods for their provenance, using stable isotope technology – the same technology that led to the discovery of a non-British pork chop being sold as British in a Tesco store last year.

The study will run over the next two to three months, and will involve 100 samples being tested. These would include beef but also pork, lamb, honey, apple juice and tomatoes.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/fresh/fsa-begins-hunt-for-foreign-food-labelled-as-british/353277.article?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3516794_daily%208%2f1%2f14&dm_i=131k,23dkq,9b1bcp,7jxu6,1&redirCanon=1

Factory contamination of food and drink by pathogens and physical contaminants continues to present problems for the industry, according to an assessment of the reasons behind food alerts issued last year by the Food Standards Agency (FSA).

Of the 55 alerts issued last year by the FSA, 45 involved product recalls or withdrawals due to contamination of products. While last year’s horsemeat contamination scandal was a major focus of public, political and media attention, the number of recalls associated with it were low – just three.

Most recalls were the result of bacterial, rodent/insect or other chemical cross-contamination; mislabelling; or because products were made in unapproved premises. However, six were due to the suspected presence of physical contamination occurring during production or distribution.

http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Food-Safety/Cross-contamination-and-mislabelling-causes-most-product-recalls/?c=sv%2Fhx0An71W6e0dgo3HVZZLDDOfmPAX3&utm_source=newsletter_special_edition&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BSpecial%2BEdition

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruling follows the strict EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) which states ‘antioxidant’ is an implied health claim. Pre- and probiotics have faced the same destiny under the NHCR.

Since specific antioxidant claims for fruits or juices have not been approved under the NHCR, the ASA told Naked Juice the marketing was unauthorised and that it must stop.

http://www.nutraingredients.com/Regulation/Pepsi-busted-for-Naked-antioxidant-ambition

The precautionary labelling would be based on allergic reaction thresholds, drawing on ‘action levels’ that Europe’s food industry plans to use to ensure safe factory production and inform allergen labelling of products. That’s according to René Crevel, science leader allergy and immunology with Unilever.

Progress on the adoption of the thresholds is expected as soon as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) publishes its opinion following a review into the latest allergen research, said Crevel.

http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Manufacturing/Voluntary-allergen-labelling-could-be-allowed-by-law

According to Katharine Vickery, a partner with law firm Eversheds, objections from countries such as Italy and Germany are mounting.

‘Europeans don’t really like it’

“The UK is going out on their own a little bit with this, but the Europeans don’t really like it,” said Vickery. “The Italians are deeply concerned. They don’t think we should be putting all of that nutritional information on FoP.

“The Germans don’t like it because they think we are being too simplistic and they just prefer something based more around national guideline daily amounts.”

By December 2017 the EC is going to report on all the national schemes and decide whether or not further harmonisation is needed, said Vickery.

http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/Manufacturing/Labelling-scheme-faces-European-challenge/?c=xp6tNRWPQnbBUDHhwhXDSASKynNJrdxD&utm_source=newsletter_daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newsletter%2BDaily

The Food Information for Consumers (FIC) regulation is due to enter into EU law in December next year, but FEDIOL hopes that the Commission will reconsider a draft plan to include oils under country of origin labelling (COOL) rules.

“Country of origin labelling is an area that triggers some concern from our side,” said FEDIOL director general Nathalie Lecocq.

She told FoodNavigator that for businesses that use different sources of the same oil variety, COOL labelling would be prohibitively complicated.

http://www.foodnavigator.com/Legislation/COOL-labelling-a-nightmare-vision-for-fats-and-oils-industry

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2013:230:0007:0011:EN:PDF

The oysters are caught between October and March with traditional sailing and rowing vessels unique to the Truro Port Fishery in Cornwall.

The name has now been granted Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission, the body announced yesterday.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/fresh/fal-oysters-gain-protected-food-status/351627.article?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3333302_daily+15%2f11%2f13&dm_i=131K,1ZFZQ,9B1BCP,74VP8,1