Onset of kids' food allergies linked to infant wipes

UEAPME position paper on the draft guidance on Regulation (EU) 2017/2158 establishing mitigation measures and benchmark levels for the reduction of the presence of acrylamide in food.CONTINUE ON www.ueapme.com

The European Union and Mexico today reached a new agreement on trade, part of a broader, modernised EU-Mexico Global Agreement. Practically all trade in goods between the EU and Mexico will now be duty-free, including in the agricultural sector. Simpler customs procedures will further benefit the EU’s industry, including in sectors like pharm...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced it is taking steps to remove highly concentrated caffeine found in dietary supplements.The federal agency said in a release that at least two deaths have been linked to the highly concentrated and pure caffeine often sold in bulk packages."Despite multiple actions against these products in the p...

Researchers in the US and UK have engineered an enzyme that could help solve the problem of PET bottle litter.The breakthrough is the latest in a series of tantalising research results hinting that certain enzymes and microbes that use them might pave a way to degrade mountains of plastics scrap.Scientists at the US Department of Energy's Nat...

Authorities in 17 European countries have conducted a joint review of prohibited substances in toys. The project has been coordinated by Prosafe, a European organization for market surveillance. The project shows that it is important to collaborate on the chemical supervision at European level. Co-operation contributes to the same application of le...