SGS DIGICOMPLY REGULATORY NEWS BLOG

Markets United Kingdom Organization European Food Safety Authority Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials The ban on supplying plastic straws and stirrers and plastic-stemmed cotton buds has come into force in England today ...

Tags: united kingdom, food contact materials (FCM), plastic-straw

Markets European Union Organization European Food Safety Authority Topic Trade, market and official controls In the International day of Coffee, we have picked the most relevant facts about caffeine based on recent EFSA publications. ...

Tags: EFSA, caffeine, coffee

Markets Mexico Organization Diario Oficial de la Federación (DOF) Topic General law and Standards Animals & Animal Feed Official Mexican Standard NOM-235-SE-2020, Prepackaged Tuna and bonito - Denomination - Specifications - Commercial ...

Tags: animal food, general law and standards

Markets Germany Organization Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials Current data from the monitoring authorities on the release of lead, cadmium and cobalt from ceramic plates show that high ...

Tags: maximum residue limits (mrls), cadmium, lead

Markets European Union Organization EFSA Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials EFSA has set a new safety threshold for the main perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, that accumulate in the body. The threshold – a group tolerable ...

Tags: EFSA, maximum residue limits (mrls), perfluoroalkyl, PFAS

Markets United States of America Organization Petfoodindustry.com Topic Animals & Animal Feed The COVID-19 pandemic forced changes on pet owners, compounding some ongoing trends like acceptance of e-commerce, "humanization" of pet food, ...

Tags: animal food, pet-food

Markets Switzerland Organization Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials From 1 January 2020 it has been prohibited to sell products containing the fungicide chlorothalonil. This was the ...

Tags: maximum residue limits (mrls), beverages, chlorothalonil

Markets Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan Russian Federation, Eurasian Economic Union Organization Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) Topic Labelling The Council of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) has reached an agreement in ...

Tags: labelling, dairy

Markets Gulf Cooperation Council Organization The Gulf Standardization Organization (GSO) Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials The Gulf standard is concerned with polyethylene bags to be used for food packaging applications, ...

Tags: food contact materials (FCM), polyethylene, polyethylene-bags

Markets United States of America Organization U.S. Federal Register Topic Contaminants, residues and contact materials This document announces the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition ...

Tags: pesticide reduction, sustainable use of pesticides