Food additives

On 20 July 2023 the Ministry of Health of Uruguay launched public consultations on the adoption of two MERCOSUR resolutions that incorporate new food additives in some food categories. It also opened a public consultation on a MERCOSUR resolution that adopts the definition of food contaminants. The public consultations will...

On 31 May 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided an update on the activities related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the general food supply, including recent testing results, progress on seafood related work, and advances in testing methods. This update relates to FDA efforts to...

On 3 May 2023 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the filing of a color additive petition under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetics Act to repeal the color additive regulation for titanium dioxide in § 73.575 (21 CFR 73.575), which permits the use of titanium dioxide in foods...

On 2 March 2023 China's National Health Commission (NHC) published the Notice to Approve 28 New Food Ingredients, New Food Additives, and New Food Contact Materials Including Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides (关于假肠膜明串珠菌等28种“三新食品”的公告). The notice took effect immediately. 3E Review China national standards GB 2760-2014 and GB 14880-2012 list existing food additives and...

On 1 March 2023 the European Official Journal published an amendment that adds carbomer (E 1210) to the EU List of Authorized Food Additives and approves it for use in food supplements. The amendment will enter into force on 21 March 2023. 3E Review Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/440 amends Regulation...

On 1 December 2022 the Official Journal of the European Union published an amendment to Regulation (EC) No. 1925/2006 on the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods that introduces green tea extracts containing (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) as restricted or under Community Scrutiny substances. The amendment...

On 4 July 2022 the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued a scientific statement that provides an overview of the maximum residue levels (MRLs) for potassium phosphonates that were derived from different uses and different data sets. The results of these different uses and data sets led EFSA to propose...

The Swiss Food Safety and Veterinary Office issued an amendment to the Ordinance of 25 November 2013 on Permitted Additives in Foodstuffs (better known as the Food Additives Ordinance (ZuV)) on 22 February 2022. The amendment makes select changes to the annexes to the ordinance, primarily serving to remove entries...

On 25 September 2018 the Thai government published in the official gazette the Ministry of Public Health’s (MOPH) Notification updating the list of prohibited food additives and substances and foods containing them from being produced, imported and/or sold in Thailand. The list consists of 13 known hazardous food additives and...

On 6 June 2018, the Vietnam Food Administration (VFA), Ministry of Health (MOH) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the draft Circular on Management and Use of Food Additives which amends the list of permitted food additives and maximum limits for food additives allowed for use in Vietnam. Once...