Oct 2024
On August 15 , 2024 , the Argentine Secretariat of Health Quality and the Secretariat of Bioeconomy issued Joint Resolution No. 9/2024 to amend the Argentine Food Code and update the list of additives used as carriers of vitamins and other nutrients in infant formula. It also explains the specific ingredients, definitions and labeling requirements for infant formula milk powder, which will take effect from the second day of publication in the official gazette, with a transition period of 180 days. Main content:
Oct 2024
On August 9 , 2024 , the Korean Ministry of Food and Drugs ( MFDS ) plans to expand food nutrition labels to all processed foods . Main content:
Oct 2024
On July 31 , 2024 , according to the Official Journal of the European Union, the European Commission issued regulations related to food health claims through Implementing Regulation ( EU ) 2024/2063 . The main content is to refuse to approve the addition of monacolin K in red yeast rice. of foods use health claims that "help maintain normal blood LDL cholesterol concentrations." The regulations will take effect on the 20th day after the announcement .
Oct 2024
On August 15 , 2024 , the Food Standards Australia and New Zealand ( FSANZ ) issued the official communiqué on the amendment No. 230 of the Australia and New Zealand Food Standards Code . The main revised standards are:
Oct 2024
According to the U.S. Federal Register, on August 12 , 2024 , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued Regulation No. 2024-17861 to exempt Bacillus subtilis ( Bacillus subtilis ) strain CH4000 from the residue limit .
Oct 2024
On August 6 , 2024 , the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Mongolia issued a notice to formulate " Technical and Trade Regulations on Milk and Dairy Products ".
Oct 2024
According to Food Standards Australia and New Zealand ( FSANZ ), on August 12 , 2024 , Food Standards Australia and New Zealand issued Notice No. 299-24 , including application No. A1306 , applying for chitosan ( Chitosan ) extracted from Agaricus bisporus as a Processing aids.
Sep 2024
On August 8 , the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety ( MFDS ) of South Korea issued Announcement No. 2023-368 , which intends to amend the "Regulations on Functional Labeling of Foods, etc. Not Considered as Improper Labeling or Advertising". The main contents are as follows:
Sep 2024
On August 8 , the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety ( MFDS ) of South Korea issued Announcement No. 2024-366 , which intends to amend part of the "Regulations on the Implementation of Laws on the Labeling and Advertising of Food, etc. ". The main contents are as follows:
Sep 2024
On July 1 , 2024 , the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency ( ANVISA ) issued Directive INNo304 through the Government Gazette to revise the food supplement management regulations (i.e. Directive No. 28 of 2018 ). The main contents of the revision include:
Sep 2024
On July 2 , 2024 , the Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries issued Notice No. 9488 , the "Guide to Food Supplements". The main contents include the definition and classification of food supplements (foods that concentrate on supplementing minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, divided into liquid, powder, capsule, tablet (tablet) and other products according to their form), general product requirements (should comply with the provisions of EU Directive 2002/46/EC ), domestic or imported food supplements should submit product names, ingredients, labels, manufacturers or importers and other information to the Veterinary and Food Authority for filing before entering the Danish market for sale and circulation, special requirements for food supplement labels (such as the name and content of characteristic nutrients, recommended daily intake, maximum daily intake in the form of warnings, indicating "the product cannot replace a normal diet", not allowing the label to imply that a normal or diversified diet cannot meet nutritional requirements, the order of labeling of various nutrients on the label, etc.), import and export management of food supplements, penalties, etc.
Sep 2024
On June 13 , 2024 , the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Agency issued Notice No. 293-24 , approving the amendment to the infant formula food standard (i.e. Proposal No. P1028 ). The main contents of the amendment include: