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Stakeholders go to bat over controversial ingredient titanium dioxide

13-Sep-2023 By Danielle Masterson

Less than a year ago, FDA told FoodNavigator-USA that it considers TiO2 to be safe, citing available studies that do not demonstrate safety concerns connected to the use of TiO2 as a color additive.

Call for EU working group to bring harmonisation to probiotic regulation

04-Aug-2023 By Nikki Hancocks

The European Commission has discussed the creation of an EU working group to bring some regulatory harmonisation over use of the term ‘probiotic’ across Member States.

Study: Antioxidant supplement can offer speedy brain benefits in younger adults

04-Apr-2023 By Olivia Haslam

A new study conducted by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) has investigated the effects of its all-natural ingredient MGCPQQ on cognitive function in adults, concluding that it provided “unexpected and significant” benefits in the younger cohort of participants.

New maximum pyrrolizidine alkaloid levels in supplements to come into force this month

05-Jul-2022 By Will Chu

Guidelines that determine the maximum levels of pyrrolizidine alkaloids permitted in dietary supplements take effect this week, in the latest regulatory action that stretches back to 2011.

UK FSA: EFSA’s safety concerns will not provoke CBD product removals

10-Jun-2022 By Shane Starling

EFSA’s decision this week to stop the clock on 150 CBD (cannabidiol) Novel Food applications and publish a litany of ‘data gaps’ does not threaten thousands of on-market CBD products in the UK, its Food Standards Agency (FSA) has told NutraIngredients.

EFSA says CBD safety data “cannot currently be established”

08-Jun-2022 By Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a wide-ranging opinion calling for more safety data for CBD products that could challenge the Novel Foods status of many offerings in the nascent category across the bloc and beyond.

EU titanium dioxide ban enters into force: what happens next?

27-Jan-2022 By Lynda Searby

The EU ban on titanium dioxide has created harmonisation across the bloc for food and supplements, but the colour is still legal in the UK as well as in medicine products, plus there is the challenge of reformulation.

NEWS IN BRIEF

EFSA submission suggests CBD position statement imminent

07-Jan-2022 By Will Chu

The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) is expected to outline its position on the safety of cannabidiol (CBD) as a novel food in a move expected to aid in future novel food applications.

ANSES updates nanomaterial risk assessment method in light of TiO2 ban

26-Oct-2021 By Will Chu

French food authorities are proposing a "nanospecific" assessment method designed to assess the risks of nanomaterials in supplement ingredients in response to EFSA’s recent titanium dioxide ruling.

Next generation pasteurised gut bacterium gets green light from EFSA

03-Sep-2021 By Nikki Hancocks

A-Mansia Biotech’s pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila is the first next generation gut microbe to get the green light from EFSA, opening the door to a "new generation of nutritional supplements".

EFSA Panel rules on trio of supplement ingredients

26-Jul-2021 By Will Chu

The European Food Safety Authority (ESFA) has taken the month of July to give its scientific opinion on a number of dietary supplement ingredients following requests from the European Commission.

ISAPP moves to define definition and scope of postbiotics

11-May-2021 By Will Chu

The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) has clarified the term ‘postbiotics’ in a statement that responds to the scientific groundswell and growing number of postbiotic applications.

Joining the charge: Netherlands allows 'probiotic' labels

25-Mar-2021 By Nikki Hancocks

The Netherlands Food and Drug Administration has released guidance stating that the term 'probiotic' is allowed on food and supplement labels in the country, as mandatory information that characterises the product.

What's happening in the UK & EU for CBD?

12-Aug-2020 By Stephen Daniells

With the UK and the European Union now on divergent paths because of Brexit, what is the state of play for regulating hemp and CBD across the pond and where are the opportunities?

EFSA welcomes views on new ways to assess nutrient levels in regulated products

16-Jul-2020 By Will Chu

The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) are launching a public consultation on how best to harmonise the approach for assessing the intake of nutrients contained within regulated products.

NutraCast Podcast: Mark LeDoux on industry opportunities, setbacks & FDA shortcomings

01-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

On this episode, we talked with Mark LeDoux, founder, CEO and board chairman of Natural Alternatives International as well as the chairman of the Board of the Natural Products Association.

NIU’s Global Round-up: Novel joint health ingredient approval in Brazil, growing consumer awareness for whey protein in India, and more

20-Jan-2020 By Stephen Daniells

What’s happened across the Nutra-verse over the past seven days? Stay on top of things with our weekly round-up of key news from across the globe.

Consumers urged to question online probiotic health-benefit claims

17-Jan-2020 By Will Chu

Researchers are calling for improvements to the quality of online probiotic information after a study finds websites using unreliable sources and health claims unsupported by strong scientific proof.

EFSA defends negative opinion of kidney bean’s weight-managing ability

19-Nov-2019 By Will Chu

Europe’s Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rules scientific evidence pointing to a white kidney bean extract’s link with body weight reduction as “insufficient,” after the applicant cites application process inconsistencies.

Harvard researchers call for more surveillance, targeted policy for energy drink marketing

02-May-2019 By Adi Menayang

What’s the typical profile of an energy drink consumer in the US, and how much are they drinking? Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed data from a national health survey to get some answers.

Lonza’s hopes of an L-carnitine health claim dashed by EFSA

17-Jan-2018 By Will Chu

Lonza’s assertion that L-carnitine contributes to normal lipid metabolism was rejected by EU authorities, who could not find a link between the supplement and a ‘beneficial physiological effect.’

Probiotic fermented milk may ease GI distress: Danone study

10-Jan-2017 By Will Chu

Probiotic fermented milk (PFM) may relieve gastrointestinal discomfort via a modifying effect on the gut microbiota, says British research commissioned by French dairy giant Danone.

On your marks: EFSA takes second look at DuPont’s betaine novel application

20-Apr-2016 By Annie Harrison-Dunn

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is looking again at a novel food application for sports nutrition ingredient betaine, six years after it initially said there was not enough data to confirm its safety.

EU science agency backs omega-3s up to 5g a day

30-Jul-2012 By Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says there are no safety concerns in consuming various omega-3 forms at up to 5g per day – much higher than typical recommended upper limits that tend to linger around 1g or 1.5g per day – in the short term at...

European Commission urged against rubber stamping EFSA health claim opinions

04-Nov-2011 By Shane Starling

The leading pan-European food supplements trade group has written to the European Commission in an effort to prevent certain negative European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claim opinions reaching the lawbooks in their current form.

Special edition: Outsourcing

CROs (slowly) piece together EFSA's health claim science puzzle

21-Jan-2011 By Shane Starling

In the second part of this special series on global outsourcing trends NutraIngredients explores how the European Union nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) is impacting activity in the contract research organisation (CRO) sector.

German court rejects use of negative EFSA cranberry opinions

29-Nov-2010 By Shane Starling

Negative European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claim opinions cannot be used to block claims, a German court has determined.

Bad day at the EU health claims office

05-Oct-2009

October 1 was not a good day for many in the functional foods and food supplements business in the European Union as the meaning of life under a highly restrictive health claims regime came more into focus.

Coping with health claim hurt

08-Dec-2008

One of the most fiercely debated and amended pieces of European Union food law history is playing out before our eyes, and its effects are beginning to be felt.