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Get curious with informative food industry headlines from all over Europe - in many languages.

 

 

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Poland gets its own "without genetic engineering" label. It will come into force on 1 January 2020. VLOG criteria will fulfil the Polish requirements too.

- Polish -
Polska otrzymuje własną etykietę "bez inżynierii genetycznej". Wejdzie ona w życie 1 stycznia 2020 roku. Kryteria VLOG również spełnią polskie wymagania.

- English - 

The new edition of the QS-Report Obst, Gemüse, Kartoffeln (Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes) has just been published and is available for download on the QS website.

- German - 

Die neue Ausgabe des QS-Reports Obst, Gemüse, Kartoffeln ist druckfrisch erschienen und steht auf der QS-Webseite zum download bereit.

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BVL: The highest complaint rates at official product inspections in 2018 were for "foods for special diets" such as slimming products and dietary supplements with 23.1%, followed by "confectionery (19%).

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BVL: Die höchsten Beanstandungsquoten bei amtlichen Produktkontrollen in 2018 wiesen „Lebensmittel für besondere Ernährungsformen“ wie Schlankheits- und Nahrungsergänzungsmittel mit 23,1 % auf, gefolgt von „Zuckerwaren (19 %).

- English -

Aluminium in food. GDA "Guide to the proper handling of aluminium meal trays" - download now 

- German - 

Aluminium in Lebensmitteln. GDA-„Leitfaden zum sachgemäßen Umgang mit Aluminium-Menüschalen“ – gleich herunterladen 


http://www.aluinfo.de/files/_media/dokumente/Downloads/Fact%20Sheets/Verpackungen/FS9_Leitfaden_Aluminium_Menueschalen.pdf

- English - 

A recent study published in the journal “Gastroenterology” has discredited the perception that following a gluten-free approach could help improve the health of people who do not suffer from celiac disease.

(https://www.gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-5085(19)40896-2/fulltext)

I hope a similar study will reveal soon the same for the “lactose-free” fraction among my friends J. 

- English - 

Food Information regulation: German Federal Minister Julia Klöckner wants to recommend Nutri-Score and is preparing national regulations analogous to France and Belgium - but only voluntarily.

- German -
Lebensmittelinformations-Verordnung: Bundesministerin Julia Klöckner will Nutri-Score empfehlen und bereitet nationale Regelung vor analog zu Frankeich und Belgien – aber nur freiwillig.

 

 

 

 

 

Author: Frank Mörsberger