Europe’s food safety watchdog has revised its Acceptable Daily Intakes (ADIs) for a group of caramel colours used in food production.The European Food Safety Authority’s panel on food additives and nutrient sources said that it has set a group ADI covering all caramel colours of 300 mg per kg of body weight per day, with the acception of caramel E150c, which will have a more restrictive ADI of 100 mg/kg bw/day. In a statement released this afternoon (8 March), the panel concluded that... ...Read more »

Aldi Australia has reformulated its private label range to exclude artificial food colours. The move follows studies that demonstrated increased levels of hyperactivity in young children consuming some food products. A study from Southampton University in the UK study found higher levels of hyperactivity in young children consuming: Tartrazine (102), Quinoline Yellow (104), Sunset Yellow (110), Carmoisine (122), Ponceau (124) and Allura Red (129). Aldi has removed these artificial food colours as... ...Read more »

The twelfth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) was held in Adelaide today to discuss a range of prominent food issues in Australia and New Zealand. Chaired by Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing, today’s meeting of the Ministerial Council considered a number of strategic policy and food standards issues, including: Comprehensive review of food labelling law and policy The... ...Read more »