Royal DSM, a global science-based nutrition, health and sustainable living company, has launched Delvotest Accelerator Smart – a fully-automated system designed to be used in combination with DSM’s internationally validated Delvotest plates to optimize antibiotic residue detection in milk.
As countries start to emerge from a pandemic that has badly affected people on the planet for more than a year, a group of educational establishments is asking a tough question no one really wants to hear – will there be more coronavirus pandemics in the future?
Initially launched in Europe at the beginning of the year, Tony's Chocolonely’s Sweet Solution bars - which were originally ‘look-a-like’ limited-edition versions of notable chocolate bars made with Tony’s 5 Sourcing Principles for fairer chocolate - were an instant hit with consumers.
Formaldehyde has been banned in EU cosmetics since 2019 but formaldehyde releasers were still widely used and have to carry warning labels when formaldehyde concentrations are found above 0.05% in the final product [Getty Images] The European Commission’s Scientific Committee for Consumer Safety (SCCS) has issued scientific advice to lower the threshold for warning labels on cosmetics containing formaldehyde releasing substances to better protect sensitised consumers.
Adopted on May 7, 2021, the
SCCS’s final Scientific Advice on formaldehyde labelling for cosmetics containing formaldehyde releasing substances concluded the current threshold of 0.05% was not low enough and must be reduced to 0.001% (10 ppm). And this lower threshold, it said, had to be applied to the total free formaldehyde, irrespective of whether a product contained one or more formaldehyde releaser(s).
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‘People must be able to trust the claims they see and businesses must be able to back them up’: Recommendations on avoiding greenwashing set out by UK regulator By Oliver Morrison Food businesses must be prepared for enforcement action from regulators to tackle the issue of greenwashing, it has been warned, as the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority publishes draft guidance for companies about ‘green’ claims.
Last year, the CMA announced that it was investigating the impact of green marketing on consumers. As part of this, it led an analysis of websites – alongside other global authorities – which found that 40% of green claims from companies in a host of sectors, including food and beverage, made online could be misleading.