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Codex Alimentarius Commission

Type: Organization

Name: Codex Alimentarius Commission

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Daily situation update of food surveillance on food imported from Japan

Core Tip: The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) has stepped up surveillance of fresh produce imported from Japan such as milk, vegetables and fruits for examination of radiation level from 12 March 2011.The Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental ... [Published Global FoodMate - May 21 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, Japan, Food Safety, Radiation, Codex Alimentarius Commission

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Toxic Chinese ginger found in HCMC

One out of the 50 samples of Chinese ginger collected in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City was found to contain an excessive amount of the toxic insecticide Aldicarb, the Plant Protection Department announced on Saturday.The samples were collected from ten large ... [Published Bao Moi.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Aldicarb, Toxic, Lang Son (Vietnam), Toxic Product

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

European Union

ASI Submits TTIP Comments

The American Sheep Industry Association (ASI), on behalf of the 80,000 U.S. sheep producers, submitted comments to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).ASI believes that an effective TTIP agreement with the European Union (EU) will ... [Published American Sheep Industry - May 17 2013]

Entities: Codex Alimentarius Commission, European Union, Transatlantic Holdings Inc, Animal Health, Free Trade Agreement

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

AFBA: ASEAN needs approval standards set for food ingredients

THERE is currently no standard approval process for the authorisation for food ingredients in the region, according to a case study by the ASEAN Food & Beverage Alliance (AFBA).AFBA said this resulted in companies having to submit multiple requests for ... [Published Brunei Times - May 15 2013]

Entities: Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Food & Agriculture Organization of the United N..., Codex Alimentarius Commission, Research & Development, Sugar

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

NGFA Joins Other Ag Organizations in Commending Six Countries for Support of Modern Plant Biotechnology (5/2/13)

… Like-Minded Countries Commit to Collaborate on Global Approach to Promote Synchronizing Biotech Regulatory Approvals, Facilitate Low-Level Presence Policies …The NGFA joined with other major national organiza-tions representing the U.S. agricultural ... [Published National Grain and Feed Association - May 03 2013]

Entities: Plant Biotechnology, Agricultural Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Paraguay, GLOBAL APPROACH LIMITED

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny DVD

Your Price: $19.95+ Free ShippingWar on Health is the first documentary detailing and challenging the FDA agenda and its allegiance with the international Codex Alimentarius, which hopes to establish a monolithic food and health regime.Betraying its ... [Published RINF.com - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Dictatorship, Medical Devices, Vaccine, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Drugs

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

Nepali honey to get quality certification soon

KATHMANDU: Though honey exports offer potentially large opportunities, as demand and price for honey is growing internationally, certification has become a key barrier for export. As Nepal produces large quantities of high quality uncontaminated honey ... [Published Himalayan Times - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Certification, Organic, Nepal, Codex Alimentarius Commission

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

American pork is not up to EU standards

It has criticised the burdensome "Pork for the European Union" programme that its producers and processors have to comply with if they want to export pigmeat to Europe.The States is stepping up its demands for easier access to the European pigmeat ma ... [Published Global FoodMate - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: European Union, Codex Alimentarius Commission, tallow, Ractopamine

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Best Safe Practices to Manufacture Food Products to Be Discussed at Food Safety & Quality Control China Conference

The standards of food safety differs when crossing multiple country or regional borders. While "hazard-based decision-making" has been, and often still is, the norm, governments around the world (lead by Codex Alimentarius, FAO, and WHO) are adopting ... [Published AZoM - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Food Safety, Codex Alimentarius Commission, Food Products Company

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Unilever will share about safe food products' design & manufacturing...

/PRNewswire/ -- The standards of food safety differs when crossing multiple country or regional borders. While "hazard-based decision-making" has been, and often still is, the norm, governments around the world (lead by Codex Alimentarius, FAO, and WHO) ... [Published PR Newswire Asia - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Food Safety, Unilever Group, Codex Alimentarius Commission

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 2 reports

FDA lifts ban on 'magic sugar'

MANILA, Philippines - Thirteen years after imposing a ban on sodium cyclamate, an artificial sweetener better known as magic sugar, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted it after several international reviews showed that there have been no safety ... [Published ABS-CBN News - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: FDA Food & Drug Administration, Sugar, Sodium

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on Food Supplements

Codex Alimentarius Guidelines on Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements apply in jurisdictions where vitamin and mineral food supplements are regulated as foods (rather than as medicines).These guidelines have been under development for over a... ... [Published Examiner.com - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Codex Alimentarius Commission, Vitamin, Mineral

Quotes

...requires EPA to give special consideration to exposure of infants and children to the pesticide chemical residue in establishing a tolerance and to "ensure that there is a reasonable certainty that no harm will result to infants and children from aggregate exposure to the pesticide chemical residue. . . ."

Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergency Exemptions [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]

"Food ingredients, additives and flavours may require multiple authorisations depending on the number of markets involved" AFBA said, adding that this places a considerable burden on resources and private sector competitiveness

AFBA: ASEAN needs approval standards set for food ingredients [Published Brunei Times - May 15 2013]

Dr Tongesayi said, "If you look through the scientific literature, especially on India and China, some farmers irrigate their crops with raw sewerage effluent and untreated industrial effluent."

Lead Levels In Imported Rice Conforms To International Standards - GSA [Published Republic of Ghana - May 13 2013]

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Tackling carcass contamination at the source [Published WorldPoultry.net - May 21 2013]
Daily situation update of food surveillance on ... [Published Global FoodMate - May 21 2013]
Use of Antimicrobial Agents in Aquaculture [Published The Fish Site - May 20 2013]
Toxic Chinese ginger found in HCMC [Published Bao Moi.com - May 20 2013]
ASI Submits TTIP Comments [Published American Sheep Industry - May 17 2013]
Streptomycin; Pesticide Tolerances for Emergenc... [Published Zecco - May 17 2013]
There’s a Fly in My Soup! Can Insects Satisfy W... [Published Council On Foreign Relations - May 16 2013]
Malaysia and the USTR Report by Fauwaz Abdul Az... [Published Third World Network - May 16 2013]
AFBA: ASEAN needs approval standards set for fo... [Published Brunei Times - May 15 2013]
EFSA Publishes Reasoned Opinion on the Review o... [Published Global FoodMate - May 14 2013]
- FSSAI is responsible body & will comply with ... [Published FnBnews.com - May 13 2013]
Lead Levels In Imported Rice Conforms To Intern... [Published Republic of Ghana - May 13 2013]
Lead levels in rice imported into Ghana said to... [Published Ghana Business News - May 12 2013]
USDA Supports Continued Use of Carrageenan for ... [Published FinanzNachrichten.de - May 08 2013]
45th Session of Codex Committee on Pesticide Re... [Published Noodls - May 08 2013]
Bioengineered foods labeling bill introduced in... [Published Food Business News - May 07 2013]
National Biosafety Authority to ensure gmo food... [Published The Star (Kenya) - May 06 2013]
NGFA Joins Other Ag Organizations in Commending... [Published National Grain and Feed Association - May 03 2013]
More gluten-free beer choices on the market [Published Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Apr 28 2013]
Fukushima's Radiation: BC Health Risk, or Fish ... [Published TheTyee.ca - Apr 27 2013]
War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny DVD [Published RINF.com - Apr 24 2013]
Nepali honey to get quality certification soon [Published Himalayan Times - Apr 24 2013]
American pork is not up to EU standards [Published Global FoodMate - Apr 23 2013]
Darvin Bentlage, guest columnist: Farmers alrea... [Published Joplin Globe - Apr 23 2013]
European Union released new regulation for mela... [Published Global FoodMate - Apr 22 2013]
Monsanto attacking democracy in Vermont [Published Times Argus - Apr 21 2013]
Arsenic and Lysenkoism [Published LankaWeb - Apr 20 2013]
Best Safe Practices to Manufacture Food Product... [Published AZoM - Apr 19 2013]
Gov't, business launch campaign vs petition ban... [Published Philippine Information Agency - Apr 19 2013]
Leading European Bottled Water Company Earns Ca... [Published Elp.com - Apr 18 2013]

Blogs

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Kimchee wars [Published Marginal Revolution - Feb 24 2013] The popularity of kimch’i in Japan greatly stimulated the South kimch’i processing industry. Ironically, it was Japanese attempts to capitalize on manufacturing kimch’i that inflamed Korean claims to its ‘ownership’. This dispute, commonly known ...
EU politics: they just don't get it [Published EU Referendum - Jan 18 2013] I'm told that Roland Rudd was on the idiots' lantern last night, sharing his ignorance about "fax law" with the Question Time audience. We also get Reuters desperate to parade its ignorance in a "factbox" article which tells us that Switzerland ...
EU politics: the globalisation of regulation [Published EU Referendum - Jan 17 2013] I am probably not alone in getting a little bit bored with way EU debate is shaping up – or not. We're getting bogged down in circular arguments and there's very little coming out of the legacy media or the usual culprits that is new or interesting.Even ...
EU politics: decoupling from "little Europe" [Published EU Referendum - Jan 15 2013] On the BBC Radio 4 Today programme yesterday, Mr Cameron confirmed his view that, as a trading nation, we need access to the Single Market. "More than that", he added, "we need a say in the rules of that market". He then reiterated his view, expressed ...

Press Releases

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Unilever will share about safe food products' d... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Apr 18 2013]
GlutenTox Tests Available in Canada [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 09 2013]
Perrigo Gains FDA Clearance To Manufacture Thre... [Published PR Newswire: Consumer Products & Retail - Jan 07 2013]