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CODEX ALIMENTARIUS – Main Outcome of the 49th Meeting of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC49)

The 49th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission successfully addressed all the topics on its agenda. CAC49 adopted new international commodity standards (e.g., baker’s yeasts...

Codex adopts standards on chicken meat and allergen labeling

Guidelines related to Campylobacter and Salmonella in chicken meat and Listeria monocytogenes in certain foods have been approved at the latest meeting of a global food standards s...

Codex adopts new revised science based standards

The 49th session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission CAC has concluded with adoption of some key texts or revisions of texts the election of Spain as the new host country to the C...

Codex agrees to adopt new norms on PAL use

The Codex Alimentarius Commission agreed to adopt new international guidelines on the use of precautionary allergen labelling PAL marking an important step towards making may conta...

Codex Receives Work Proposal to Establish Risk Analysis Framework for Diet-Related Diseases

Going beyond the “ultra-processed foods” debate, the proposal, submitted by observer organization IFT, asks Codex to develop a framework to discern which foods are promoting chroni...

FAO/WHO Experts Recommend Updating Codex Powdered Infant Formula Guidance to Consider Clostridia, B. cereus

JEMRA convened in June to review the latest scientific evidence on microbiological hazards that have recently been associated with public health events due to the contamination of...

UAE reinforces global food standards at Codex meetings in Geneva

Supplements dominate cross-border alerts in Europe

Twenty alerts mentioned the United States

Food importers directed to use specific qualifier declaration

India s apex food safety regulator the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI has directed food importers and custom brokers to use a specific qualifier declaration whe...

FDA steps up import enforcement on infant formula, seafood, dried peppers

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

EU opens comments on cereulide limit proposals

The European Commission is consulting on plans to introduce cereulide limits for infant formula.Proposals cover dried infant formula, dried dietary foods for special medical purpos...

EU Commission reports potential fraud alerts for May

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FDA steps up enforcement on imported seafood, candy, canned foods

The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.Re...

HHS Proposes Reforms to the “Generally Recognized As Safe” Pathway

On August 10, 2026, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy made two major announcements related to the...

EU Proposes Maximum Limits for Cereulide in Infant Formula

Prompted by a global food safety incident and infant formula recalls spanning 99 countries, the European Commission has drafted a regulation that would set a limit of 1 µg/kg cereu...

EU Expands Maximum Levels for Three Contaminants in Infant and Baby Foods

Regulation (EU) 2026/1825 expands MLs for 3-monochloropropanediol (3-MCPD) and glycidyl fatty acid esters, and Regulation (EU) 2026/1890 establishes new MLs for furan, 2-methylfura...

Revised contaminant norms strengthen food safety standards

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI notification on the Food Safety and Standards Contaminants Toxins and Residues Amendment Regulations 2026 amendments represen...

FSSAI urged to crack down on mislabelled formulations

India s specialized food processing sector is facing a severe compliance wake up call as regulatory watchdogs are urged to step in and police the increasingly blurred boundary betw...

FSSAI directive on sugar salt contents in food products for schools

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India FSSAI has issued draft regulations establishing maximum threshold limits for added fat sugar and salt in food products for school c...

FDA Calls On Infant Formula Industry to Safeguard Against Contaminants Introduced Through Supply Chains

Following Infant Formula Incidents, FDA Urges Manufacturers to Implement Stronger, Substantive Supplier Oversight

The letter to industry was issued in response to the botulism outbreaks linked to Nara Organics and ByHeart formulas, which identified Clostridia in the whole milk powder ingredien...

U.S. Physicians Urge Regulatory Reform of FDA Dietary Supplement Oversight

Because dietary supplements are regulated by FDA as a subcategory of food, manufacturers are generally not required to demonstrate their safety or efficacy for pre-market approval....

AICPDF plea for uniform SOPs for damaged food products

The All India Consumer Products Distributors Federation AICPDF has once again urged the Union Health Ministry to issue clear uniform and mandatory Standard Operating Procedures SOP...

Indian wheat body urges FSSAI to issue crop-specific risk-based sampling and testing guidelines

In a letter to FSSAI chairperson Punya Salila Srivastava and CEO Rajit Punhani, WPPS Chairman Ajay Goyal said health-based food-safety standards should remain fully protective