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 and tomorrow, starting with food manufacturers.
And thus: increasing trust in specialty food ingredients towards the relevant stakeholders.
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2021-07EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON RESPONSIBLE FOOD BUSINESS AND MARKETING PRACTICES
The development of a EU Code and monitoring framework for responsible business and marketing conduct in the food supply chain is one of the 27 actions planned by the European Commission under its Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system....
2021-06EU Specialty Food Ingredients in working groups meetings of the Codex Committee on Food Additives
25th June 2021: This week, several working groups prepared their recommendations for consideration and adoption by the 52nd session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA), which will be held virtually between 1st and 10th September 2021. EU Specialty Food Ingredients did not miss...
2021-06HAPPY WORLD FOOD SAFETY DAY!
Today, 7h June, we celebrate World Food Safety Day (WFSD). Food safety is everyone’s business, and this is why we support FAO/WHO Codex Alimentarius in raising awareness about the importance to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks, contributing to food security. Thanks to the use...
2021-06EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS WELCOMES ITS 42nd MEMBER
The General Assembly is very pleased to welcome COSUCRA as a new Member of the Federation. Around 200 businesses are involved directly or indirectly through a member association in EU Specialty Food Ingredients. The EU specialty food ingredients market, today worth around €16 billion is...
EU Specialty Food Ingredients Activities
Latest Updates from EU Specialty Food Ingredients
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27-07UNITED NATIONS FOOD SYSTEMS PRE-SUMMIT
-An affiliated session dedicated to the presentation of the EU Code of Conduct on responsible food business and marketing practices, signed by EU Specialty Food Ingredients, is co-organised by FoodDrinkEurope and DG SANTE.
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20-07EFSA DISCUSSION GROUP ON FOOD CHEMICAL OCCURRENCE DATA
-EU Specialty Food Ingredients participates in an  information session on confidentiality requests for data sent as part of EFSA chemical monitoring data collection.
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18-06TRADE WITH UK
-DG SANTE’s Advisory Group on the Food Chain and Animal and Plant Health, of which EU Specialty Food Ingredients is a Member,  holds a meeting on DEFRA’s Boarder Operating Model and issues linked with the withdrawal agreement and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
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16-06EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON RESPONSIBLE FOOD BUSINESS AND MARKETING PRACTICES
-The European Commission organises the last General stakeholder meeting before the launch of the Code in July. EU Specialty Food Ingredients was appointed in the Task Force Thematic Session 1 “Food consumption patterns (for healthy and sustainable diets)”.
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