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2026-07 A bold FP10 – Joint Declaration
EU Specialty Food Ingredients has co-signed an EARTO and BusinessEurope-led joint declaration on the 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10), supported by 84 European associations. The statement calls for a significantly increased EU research and innovation budget, continued support for collaborative industry-led...
2026-06 Prebiotics: Scientific Criteria and Regulatory Considerations
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to support World Microbiome Day, celebrated every year on 27th June. The human gut microbiome plays an important role not only in digestion, but in many other aspects of wellbeing and health. There are several groups of specialty food ingredients...
2026-06 World Food Safety Day 2026
This year again, EU Specialty Food Ingredients is celebrating World Food Safety Day, organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to raise awareness of the importance of food safety and to inspire action to...
2026-05 Webinar on regulatory sandboxes
New foodstuffs or new ingredients often face obstacles and hurdles to enter the EU market, and it seems to many of us that the precautionary principle is unfriendly to food innovations. This may explain why regulatory sandboxes are increasingly seen by some in the EU...
2026-04 EU Specialty Food Ingredients at CCFA56
The 56th session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA) took place between 13th and 17th April in Chongqing, China. EU Specialty Food Ingredients was represented by the Chair of our CCFA working group as well as by a working group expert, who are...
2026-04 Joint Industry Statement – The EU Biotech Act II
Nearly 40 European, national, and regional industry organisations —including EU Specialty Food Ingredients— have come together to underline the crucial significance of the Biotech Act II. Their joint position paper emphasises the urgent need for comprehensive and globally ambitious legislation to facilitate biomanufacturing scale-up and...