Medicinal fancy names attribute healing qualities to food supplements that they do not possess. AESAN has just clarified the criteria on trade names, brand names and designations.
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RASFF: what is the Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed and how does it work?
The RASFF system allows communication on food and animal feed between all EU members. Thanks to rapid food alerts, the euro area has become one of the safest areas in the world in terms of food consumption.
Farmaforum 2022: Ifema Madrid hosts the 8th edition of the Industry Forum
In early October, the Feria de Madrid (IFEMA) hosted the annual meeting Farmaforum 2022. The Pharmaceutical Industry Forum, which...
Labelling of vitamins: CJEU revises vitamin indications in ingredient lists
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently had to mediate in a food labelling case between the European Commission and the...
Titanium Dioxide: European Commission bans TiO2 as food additive
Titanium Dioxide (TiO2) is a white, shiny compound that has been used for more than a century in paints, plastics, paper, plastics, paperboard,...
NutriScore: a nutrition labelling system for processed foods
NutriScore is a system for front-of-package labelling of food products. This nutritional traffic light provides consumers with information on the nutritional quality of processed and packaged foods on the market.
COVID-free food: a URV study confirms that hygienically handled foods are safe
COVID-free food: The Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) has just published a comprehensive study on the possibility of virus transmission in...
Probiotics: AESAN updates its criteria on food supplements
Probiotics are part of many food supplements.
RistarLab: Mercè Camps visits the facilities of a food supplement manufacturer‘
At its industrial plant in Ripollet (Barcelona), RistarLab offers a wide range of services aimed at the manufacture and formulation of food supplements and food products.
The Leitat 1 ventilator: a solidarity initiative in the face of a health emergency
The Leitat 1 Ventilator is a field ventilator designed by Leitat and Catsalut, designed to decongest health emergency systems.
The European Novel Foods Regulation enters into force
European Novel Foods Regulation - The new Regulation (EU) 2015/2283 entered into force on 1 January. Until the end of 2017, there was a...
2 new studies on infant feeding
The perfect recipe for proper infant nutrition remains one of the great challenges for dieticians and nutritionists. It is...











