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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2020-09Update on Brexit negotiations
On 11 September, EU Specialty Food Ingredients attended a meeting organised by the Commission to update the food industry on Brexit talks. Unfortunately, most of the decisions that will be key to ensuring continued exports to the UK have not yet been taken, creating considerable uncertainty for all sectors....
2020-07EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ Position: Communicating on the role of nutrients for human health
Human nutrition should be varied, balanced and adapted to cover everyone's nutritional needs, including sufficient intake of all essential nutrients. With the worsening trend of poor diets across the EU’s population as indicated in the White Paper on A Strategy for Europe on Nutrition, Overweight and...
2020-07EU SPECIALTY FOOD INGREDIENTS GUIDANCE ON RESPONSIBLE B2B COMMUNICATION
The European specialty food ingredients industry has always worked to make possible the great – nutritious, safe, sustainable, affordable, convenient and delicious – foods and beverages consumers enjoy every day. We recognise the importance to adhere to the highest standards not only in our production, but...
2020-06Updated Code of Good Practice in B2B Communication for the Appropriate Use of Food Additives in the EU for members of EU Specialty Food Ingredients
EU Specialty Food Ingredients, in line with its mission “to be a transparent and credible partner, committed to science and knowledge sharing” aims at helping its members in implementing the complex European food additive legislation through an updated Code of Good Practice in B2B Communication for the...
EU Specialty Food Ingredients Activities
Latest Updates from EU Specialty Food Ingredients
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16-09FOOD CHEMICALS OCCURRENCE DATA
-EFSA holds the 7th meeting of the Discussion Group on Food Chemical Occurrence, to which EU Specialty Food Ingredients participates.
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15-09EFSA ROUND TABLE WITH INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
-EU Specialty Food ingredients contributes to the Round Table where the review of the EFSA catalogue of services are presented among others.
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28-07PROGRESSING CODEX STANDARDS DURING A GLOBAL PANDEMIC
-Being an Observer at Codex alimentarius, involved in CCNFSDU and CCFA work, EU Specialty Food Ingredients follows a Codex webinar organised to address the current virtual mechanisms of Codex with an emphasis on CAC43, providing information on the approach.
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14-07BREXIT
-EU Specialty Food Ingredients attends the stakeholder meeting organised by the European Commission on the negotiations of the future relationship (Free Trade Agreement) between the European Union and the UK.
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