Temporary rules covering official controls in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic have been extended for the fourth time. The implementing regulation covers a variety of activities to ensure food and feed law, as well
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Starting the development of guidelines to control Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in certain foods was one of the decisions made by the Codex Alimentarius Commission at its annual meeting in Geneva this week.
The work
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Official controls on food sold over the Internet are still limited, according to a report from the European Commission.
Controls of food sold online were limited and mainly focused on registered food business operators. Non-compliances
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As of Oct. 1, China has a strict set of regulations governing how food producers and operators — including related third-party computer platform and delivery service providers — store, market and transport their products sold
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Last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the U.K. published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2014, outlining priorities for the coming year. The plan is meant to draw the attention of potential research
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Only 2 or 3 percent of all Internet sales involve food and beverages, but with global online retail sales now topping $1 trillion annually, the numbers of edibles involved are growing large enough to cause
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