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❌ FDA bans food additive found in sports drinks and sodas The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently announced that it will no longer allow the use of harmful additives in food products and packaged drinks. FDA released a statement, explaining brominated vegetable oil (BVO) - a type of vegetable oil - is used in the form of a food additive and helps keep citrus flavouring from floating to the top in beverages. BVO is a chemical ingredient containing bromine, which is found in fire retardants. FDA also informed that this ruling will go into effect from August 2, 2024. However, the packaged food companies will have "one year after that date to reformulate and relabel their products as well as deplete their BVO inventory. Over time, many beverage makers such as PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have replaced BVO with an alternative ingredient in their drinks such as Gatorade and Fanta. The FDA’s new regulation to not allow BVO as a food additive is a terrific positive in the right direction. #foodsafety #USFDA #FDA #ban #beverages #food #softdrinks #vegetableoil #oil #additive #harmful #safety #trending #awareness

Food and Beverage regulatory news update ! in case you are not following the US FDA publications.... They are eveluating a lot of food additives which may potentially be banned. Brominated Vegetable Oil (BVO) just got banned. We need to watch this closely ! https://lnkd.in/dQwhfwXq #foodandbeverageindustry #foodbusiness #usfda #regulatorycompliance

As part of FDA’s ongoing work to address excess sodium intake in the U.S., the agency published Phase II of its voluntary sodium reduction targets for commercially processed, packaged, and prepared foods. The draft guidance contains three-year sodium reduction targets for 163 food categories, building on FDA’s Phase I sodium reduction targets that were issued in October 2021. Preliminary findings on the food industry's progress toward achieving the Phase I targets showed that 40% of food categories met or were close to meeting the Phase I sodium reduction targets. Moving forward, the agency intends to conduct progress assessments every three years on sodium reduction, with plans to issue a complete evaluation of industry’s progress when 2024 data becomes available. While these reduction targets are voluntary, we expect pressure to participate in reductions to grow. In the meantime, stay tuned for FDA’s forthcoming webinar on the draft guidance and the opportunity to submit public comments due November 14, 2024. #FDA #sodiumreduction #foodpolicy https://lnkd.in/e6jeP_Ub

🇰🇷 On June 26, 2024, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of #SouthKorea issued two drafts of the Food Additive Specifications and Standards (Food Additive Code) for public feedback until August 26, 2024. ✅ Main amendments: - The residue limit of sulfites in “other alcoholic beverages” made from fruit wine is relaxed. - The usage standard for HPMCP as an enteric-coated capsule raw material has been improved. - The scope for recognizing nature-derived preservatives is expanded. Please click the link below for more details. #foodadditives #alcoholic #beverages #fruitwine #wine #preservatives #rawmaterials #production #regulatorycompliance

Fine for French cartel hiding toxics in food packaging   🆕 #ToxicFree4EU 👉 https://lnkd.in/eyYxixVm   (11 January 2024) A cartel formed to conceal information on the presence of the endocrine disruptor bisphenol A (BPA) in food cans has been fined by the French competition authority. The cartel scheme started in 2010 and was intended to prevent manufacturers from competing on BPA-free food cans. It colluded to hide information on the presence of BPA in food cans before the French BPA ban entered into force in 2015, and to continue selling BPA cans after that date. This hampered consumers' choice of alternative products at a time when the substance was already considered dangerous to health, said the French authority. Three professional canning associations, one can manufacturers trade union and 11 companies, such as Unilever, Crown and Bonduelle, have been fined a total amount of 20 million euro. Two of the associations said that they will contest the decision in court. The EU banned BPA in baby bottles in 2011 and in till receipts in 2020. An EU ban on BPA in food contact materials is expected this quarter. BEUC - The European Consumer Organisation UFC-Que Choisir Sandra Jen

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked its regulation allowing the use of brominated vegetable oil as a food ingredient after concluding it is no longer considered safe. Shook Partners Katie Gates Calderon, Lindsey Heinz and James Muehlberger discuss the decision, what prompted it, and other recent developments in food and beverage law in the latest issue of the Food and Beverage Litigation and Regulatory Update. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gXWf-Pi9

📰 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a significant step by revoking the regulation allowing the use of brominated vegetable oil (BVO) in food. 🚫🌿 🌱 What’s BVO?  Brominated vegetable oil is a modified vegetable oil containing bromine. Until now, it was used in small amounts to stabilize citrus flavoring in some beverages. However, recent studies conducted with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) revealed potential adverse health effects in humans, leading to this regulatory change. 🔍 Safety First: - The FDA prioritizes food safety and continually reassesses ingredients. - BVO is no longer considered safe for consumption. - Compliance begins on August 2, 2024, allowing companies time to adjust. For more simplified & informative content on food business, follow Foodyaari! 📌 #FoodSafety #FDA #BrominatedVegetableOil #HealthConcerns

Check out this New Hope Network article about the FDA's ban on brominated vegetable oil 👇👇👇 CPG brands have until August 2nd, 2025 to remove this ingredient from their products. Get in touch to find out how we can help! #MarketReadyInsights #NewHopeNetwork #FDABan #RegulatoryCompliance

Are you developing a functional food product or nutraceutical that sits somewhere in that blurred space between Food Standards Australia New Zealand and Therapeutic Goods Administration regulations? Chat with us to ensure your product fits within the correct Food Standards Code category or is regulating by the TGA. Don’t leave it to chance, get your food industry regulatory advice from us. #foodstandards #foodregulations #regulatoryaffairs #foodscience #foodtechnology #foodindustry #foodmanufacturing https://lnkd.in/gczxNedY

PURITY PROTOCOL OATS . Uncontaminated oats have been available in the marketplace for many years through producers implementing a purity protocol. Gluten-Free Food Program (GFFP) enhances consumer confidence by ensuring GFFP gluten-free certified customers only use oat products from suppliers that adhere to purity protocol practices and that any oat product bearing the GFFP certified Mark of Trust™ logo further meets GFFP’s strict gluten-free certification requirement of 5 ppm (parts-per-million) or less for gluten. Contact us to learn more about gluten-free certification. #glutenfreefinder #glutenfreefoodprogram #gffp #gffoodprgoram #purityprotocol #purityoats #glutenfreeoats #celiacsafeoats #uncontaminatedoats #foodstandards #foodqualitystandards #consumertips #consumerinfo #glutenfreeconsumer #celiaccommunity #lifewithceliac #celiaclife