European spirits producers increase on-pack energy labelling European spirits producers are making progress with their commitment to provide energy information on labels: with around 1 in 4 bottles now displaying such information.
In Europe, alcoholic drinks do not have to provide the same nutritional informational and ingredients listings as non-alcoholic drinks. There is a growing movement, however, to voluntarily provide consumers with such information in order to give consumers more information.
In 2019, a ‘Memorandum of Understanding on Consumer Information was facilitated by the European Commission: setting out clear guidance on how nutritional information and ingredients listings should be displayed on spirits drinks.
China CBD ban: Asia Horizon CEO suggests how China can better regulate CBD cosmetics market China-based CBD company Asia Horizon has suggested a few ‘straightforward’ ways China can go about regulating CBD cosmetics instead of implementing a blanket ban over the category.
On March 26, the National Institutes for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC), announced a proposal to introduce legislation that would prohibit the use of cannabis and cannabis extracts in cosmetics.
The ban would include raw materials such as cannabidiol (CBD), Cannabis sativa kernel fruit, cannabis sativa seed oil, as well as cannabis sativa leaf.
Asia Horizon is Chinese hemp company that distributes Westerns CBD brands in Asia ranging from cosmetics to health supplements. Last year, the firm partnered with German CBD beauty brand Nordic Cosmetics to enter China via online flagship store on Chinese e-commerce platform Tmall – its first venture bringing in a Western CBD brand into
A newly published document suggests that the Chinese authorities are likely to regulation radiofrequency beauty devices as a medical commodity.
China’s National Institute for Food and Drug (NIFDC) recently published a trio of documents soliciting public opinion on the regulation of portable radiofrequency (RF) beauty devices.
RF therapy is a non-surgical procedure that generates heat to stimulate collagen to tighten and firm the skin.
Aside from being a staple on salon menus, brands such as TriPollar, YA-MAN, NEWA and Panasonic have developed portable versions that claim to be safe and effective enough to deliver anti-ageing results at home.
The NIFDC stated that the guidelines were released to standardise the management of all products that use RF.
ICI doubles down on efforts to eliminate child labour from cocoa in ‘pivotal’ year By Anthony Myers The International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) and its members are pledging to scale up efforts in the fight against child labour, covering 540,000 cocoa-growing households in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana by the end of this year.
With 2021 designated the International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour, the ICI said is presents an important opportunity to raise awareness of the challenge, and double down on efforts to tackle it.
In order to recognize the International Year, the Alliance 8.7 (the global partnership for eradication of forced labour) and the International Labour Organisation are calling on all stakeholders to make a Pledge for Action that will be achieved by the end of 2021, with the aim of ending child labour by 2025.
Halal chocolate: Pork DNA detected in imported confectionery in Bangladesh, researchers call for tighter guidelines Pork DNA has been found in two confectionery products in Bangladesh, according to a study analysing 42 imported confectionery samples purchased from the Dhaka region.
The confectionery samples were mainly chocolate (milk, dark or flavoured), candy and ice cream, from a variety of imported brands including Lindt, Cadbury, Skittles, Bounty, Ritter Sport, Ferrero Rocher, Snickers, Hershey and Nestle.
These were manufactured in Thailand, India, Europe, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, UAE, UK among other countries.
Researchers from Southeast University and Islamic University in Bangladesh detected pork DNA in two samples, namely Cadbury’s chocolate (Milk Tray) and Mars Skittles’ candy (Wild Berry Flavour) through the Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method.