• EU
• Formulate
• Foods
• Perchlorate
• MRL

On August 23, 2023, the European Commission issued a consultation document to formulate maximum limits for perhydrogen salts in some foods, and the feedback period will end on September 15, 2023.

• Brazil
• Amend
• Food
• Additive
• Regulations

Brazil to Amend Food Additive Regulations On August 7, 2023, the Brazilian National Health Supervision Bureau issued Consultation Document No. 1189 to revise the food additive regulations and formulate the maximum usage of food additives such as seawee

• EU
• Revoke
• Authorisation
• Stearyl
• Tartrate
• Use
• Food

On 22 June 2023, the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety of the European Commission published Communication G/SPS/N/EU/645 amending the draft Commission Regulation amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008 of the European Parliament and

• FDA
• Disagree
• Aspartame
• Possibly
• Carcinogenic

While the IARC classified aspartame as “possibly carcinogenic to humans,” the FDA maintains that there is no evidence linking the artificial sweetener to cancer.

• WHO
• IARC
• JECFA
• Aspartame
• Carcinogenic
• Food
• Additive

Citing “limited evidence” for carcinogenicity in humans, IARC classified aspartame as possibly carcinogenic to humans (IARC Group 2B) and JECFA reaffirmed the acceptable daily intake of 40 mg/kg body weight.

• Japan
• Compile
• Existing
• Food
• Additives
• List

On June 20, 2023, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) issued the No. 2 notice of 2023 to investigate the sales of existing additives in order to compile a list of additives to be canceled.

• EU
• EFSA
• Evaluate
• Thaumatin
• Feed
• Additives

On June 12, 2023, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) issued an assessment of the application for authorization renewal of thaumatin as all animal feed additives.

• Japan
• Formulate
• Food
• Additive
• Testing
• Method
• Standards

On May 29, 2023, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) issued Announcement No. 0529 No. 2 of Raw Food Development, formulating six standards for the detection methods of food additives in food.

• Brazil
• Revise
• Food
• Additive
• Regulation

On May 12, 2023, the Brazilian Government Gazette issued Directive IN N° 223, which revised the food additive regulations and added requirements for the use of various food additives such as rosemary extract in some foods. Some of them are shown in the ta

• GACC
• Announcement
• Quarantine
• Health
• Requirements
• Importing
• Brazilian
• Terrestrial
• Animal
• Protein
• Feed

On May 4th, the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) issued Announcement No. 46 of 2023, announcing that as of the date of the announcement, Brazilian terrestrial animal protein feed that meets relevant requirements will be allowed to be impo