As of November 6, 2019 Health Canada has approved the use of L-lysine hydrochloride in certain types of snack food (those made from dough...

Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) issued amendments to its Food Standards Code on September 5th 2019, covering the following:...

The US FDA has issued a Final Rule allowing for the use of this colour additive in ground beef analogues; effective September 4, 2019....

Here is the link to the Report of 42nd Session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission held in Geneva, Switzerland....

Effective June 6, 2019 FSANZ is permitting the use of steviol glycosides (sweetener, INS 960) in fruit drinks under category 14.1.2.2.1....

Health Canada has recently evaluated and approved the use of Steviol glycosides from Saccharomyces cerevisiae CD15380 and CD15407 in a...

A May 2019 amendment to Annex I of the Food Additive 'Acuerdo' - ANEXO I Aditivos con diversas clases funcionales y con una IDA...

Effective April 3rd, Health Canada is allowing the use of steviol glycosides from Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni in canned fruits products....

Effective March 20th 2019, Health Canada has approved the use of ground limestone as a colouring in unstandardisd confectionery in...

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is planning to withdraw ten food additives from the current list of existing food...

On January 29th, 2019 COFEPRIS published an amendment to Annex III of the food additive Acuerdo providing for the use of carmoisine...

The GCC Standardization Organization (GSO) has notified the WTO of a draft standard on food additives as GSO 05/FDS 2500/2019. The...

Japan has published a new food additive standard (November 30, 2018) specifying conditions of use. You can access it here:...

Amendment No. 182 makes changed to the Food Standards Code for use of INS 432 - Polysorbate 20 - and provides for several other changes...

Via EU Regulation No. 2018/1481 E311 and E312 are removed from Regulation No. 1333/2008 subject to transitional period. Further details...

The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued this consultation paper concerning BREXIT and retention of European Union food legislation....

The Report of the 41st meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) (held in Rome from 2 - 6 July) is now available on the Codex...

Health Canada has amended its food additive lists to provide for the use of gellan gum in certain standardised flavoured milks. Further...

Regulation No. 12/2018 lays down rules controlling the use of sweeteners in foods. You can access the document here:...

Via Commission Regulation No. 2018/677 (which amends Regulation No. 1333/2008, as amended, on Food Additives) thaumatin (E957) is now...