EU Specialty Food Ingredients
Specialty food ingredients have technological and/or functional benefits and are essential in providing today's consumer with a wide range of tasty, safe, healthy, affordable, qualitative and sustainably produced food. They are key segment in the European food industry that is used in many of consumer foods and have consequently become part of our daily life.
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is THE voice of specialty food ingredients in Europe. EU Specialty Food Ingredients represents its members by:
- Engaging with authorities for the continued development of a fair regulatory environment;
- Being a transparent and credible partner, committed to science and knowledge sharing;
- Developing understanding of the role and benefits that specialty food ingredients play today, starting with food manufacturers.
And thus: increasing trust in specialty food ingredients towards the relevant stakeholders.
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2019-04TRAINING/VISIT OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN BRUSSELS
An exciting one-day training session about the European institutions is organised by EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ team for a broad Members’ delegation. The interactions between the institutions, the challenges of the upcoming elections in the European Parliament and of the renewal of the European...
2019-03EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS SPOKE AT CNHFA WORKSHOP ON INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS OF FOOD INGREDIENTS AND ADDITIVES
Caroline Rey, EU Affairs Manager at EU Specialty Food Ingredients, was invited to speak at a workshop on International Regulations of Food Ingredients and Additives, which was organised by the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) on 24th March 2019, in parallel to the 51st Codex Committee on...
2019-03EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS AT 51st CODEX COMMITTEE ON FOOD ADDITIVES IN JINAN (CHINA)
An EU Specialty Food Ingredients' delegation attended the 51st Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) which took place between 25th and 29th March in Jinan, China.
One of the main objectives of this Codex Committee is to finalise the General Standard for Food Additives (GSFA), which “...
2019-03LET’S PUT INDUSTRY AT THE CORE OF THE EU’S FUTURE! A JOINT CALL TO THE HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT
Industry4Europe has published a new Manifesto, co-signed by 136 European organisations & 395 national organisations representing all sectors of industry in the EU, who call on Heads of State and Government to:
- Urge the next European Commission to shortlist industry as a top priority of its 5-year Work...
EU Specialty Food Ingredients Activities
Latest Updates from EU Specialty Food Ingredients
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10-04GUT MICROBIOME
-Dr Jan-Willem van der Kamp (TNO and Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, The Netherlands) deliver an insightful presentation ”The gut microbiome – perspectives for impact on dietary recommendations, regulations and for future research” at the meeting of the Nutrition Committee of EU Specialty Food Ingredients.
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09-04BREXIT
-DG SANTE explains to stakeholders, among which EU Specialty Food Ingredients, the way trade of SPS products will take place between UK and EU27 after Brexit (requirements and control).
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04-04TOWARDS LEGAL DEFINITIONS FOR THE TERMS “VEGAN” & “VEGETARIAN” IN FOOD LABELLING?
-EU Specialty Food Ingredients’s Members hold an exchange of views with the European Vegetarian Union about the definitions of “vegan” and “vegetarian” in the context of the upcoming adaptation of the EU food labelling legislation, with particular attention paid to the use of specialty food ingredients, including processing aids.
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03-04MEETING OF SPS MARKET ACCESS WG
-Participants are given the opportunity to hear amongst others at reports from the last WTO SPS Committee and from EU/Turkey technical working group.
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