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Oct

2013

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Make Stilton in Stilton? No! Defra rejects Stilton PDO amendment

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The UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has been accused of “nit-picking” after rejecting a proposed amendment to the protected designation of origin (PDO) for Stilton, that ...

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Oct

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New regulations on contaminants, food additives, flavourings, enzymes and extraction solvents

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New regulations on contaminants in food, and on food additives, flavourings, enzymes and extraction solvents, will come into force on 31 October 2013 in England. Parallel legislation will be established ...

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Oct

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Fenland celery joins Champagne and Stilton in getting EU protected status

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Fenland celery has joined the ranks of Champagne, Stilton and Cornish pasties in gaining protected food status from the EU.   Grown in peaty soils in East Anglia, the winter ...

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Oct

2013

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EU passes generic descriptors law: Clearing up confusion or compromising commercial freedom?

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The European Commission has passed a law meaning generic descriptors for food and beverage products which could be construed as health claims will only be allowed if they have been ...

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Oct

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European Parliament rejects carbohydrate health claim

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The European Parliament has vetoed a health claim linking carbohydrate consumption to normal brain function after objections that it could promote sugar consumption.   The claim, that “carbohydrates contribute to ...

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08

Oct

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Cadbury in purple haze as Nestlé wins appeal

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Nestlé’s appeal against Cadbury’s trademark for a particular shade of the colour purple has been accepted by the UK Court of Appeal this morning.   This means that Cadbury cannot ...

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Sep

2013

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Cocoa flavanol health claim becomes EU law

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The claim says that 200 mg of cocoa flavanols either from cocoa beverages or dark chocolate contribute to normal blood flow.   200mg of cocoa flavanols daily, is equivalent to ...

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Aug

2013

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Slimming products

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Marketers promoting a food or food supplements should take both the Slimming and Food Rules into account and note that weight loss and other claims of this nature, which directly ...

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Aug

2013

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Herring and mackerel imports from Faroe Islands banned

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The EU has finally moved to ban imports of herring and mackerel from Faroese vessels as the dispute over the jointly fished stock reaches fever pitch.   It follows months ...

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Aug

2013

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EU slaps plant sterol-stanol products with warning from 2014

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Cholesterol-busting plant sterol and stanol products – worth about €2.5bn globally – will have to carry warning labels in the European Union from next February.   Category leaders like Unilever ...

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