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Food Standards Scotland reboots food safety campaign for consumers

# Food Safety

# reboots

# Food Standards Scotland

Four in 10 people who’ve had food poisoning believe they got it from eating and preparing food at home, according to a survey in Scotland.

2019-01-18 · foodsafetynews

Notice of the Food Evaluation Center of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration on Accelerating Feedback of Relevant Information on On-site Verification of Health Food Registration

# Food Safety

# Health Food

# Registration Info

# Verification Process

# Government Notice

# Regulatory Update

On March 17, 2026, the Food Evaluation Center of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued a notice to speed up the on-site verification of relevant information on health food registration, products include extract source brand Ganoderma lucidum fruiting body concentrated capsule, Han Fang Shen Cao oral liquid, fresh Dendrobium officinale American ginseng astragalus granule, fresh Dendrobium officinale maca powder American ginseng poria cocos extract, donkey-hide gelatin block, auxiliary hypoglycemic granules, probiotic decoction brand American ginseng spore powder capsule, Dendrobium wolfberry granules, such as Xinhua Mao brand powder, Rong brand propolis soft capsule, etc.

2026-03-23 ·

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(1127-1201)

# Health food

# standards

# residue food

National Health and Family Planning Commission issued “Plan for project approval of national food safety standard in 2017” including 83 standards.

2018-07-06 · foodmate

"Health food raw materials probiotics" national standards for public comments

# Health Food

# Probiotics

# Raw Materials

# Public Comments

# National Standards

# Food Safety

On April 1, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued a notice to solicit public opinions on the recommended national standard of "Probiotics for Health Food Raw Materials. Feedback is as of May 29. The draft starts with clarifying the definition of probiotics and probiotics, setting up quality indicators and standard labels, and constructs a complete standard system for probiotics for health food raw materials. The formulation of this standard fills the gap in the quality standard of probiotics for health food raw materials in my country, and will complement and advance the existing standards such as "Food Processing Bacteria Preparation.

2026-04-07 ·

Weekly Review of Food Standards and Regulations(1120-1124)

# food additives

# foods infant formula

National Health and Family Planning Commission issued “Announcement about the new condiment for food 2-Acetoxy-3-butanone and expanding usable range of 4 food additives including β-cyclodextrin”.

2018-07-06 · foodmate

Seafood and food processing facility found with violations

# seafood

# facility

The seafood processing and food manufacturing facility in Honolulu owned by Modern Macaroni Co. Ltd was inspected Dec. 6-13, 2016. Serious violations were found, which the FDA says renders the fish or fishery products from the facility to be adulterated.

2017-03-06 · foodsafetynews

"Determination of Chondroitin Sulfate in Health Food" National Standard for Public Comments

# Chondroitin

# Health Food

# National Standard

# Public Comment

# Testing Method

# Quality Control

On April 1, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued a notice. Under the guidance of the State Administration of Market Supervision, the draft national standard ''Determination of Chondroitin Sulfate in Health Foods'' proposed and centralized by the National Special Food Standardization Technical Committee was publicly solicited on the national standard information public service platform for comments, and the comments were solicited as of May 29. After the approval and release of the standard, the determination process and technical requirements of chondroitin sulfate will be standardized.

2026-04-07 ·

"Food Glycemic Index Measurement and Labeling Specification" for Public Comments

# Glycemic Index

# Measurement Method

# Labeling Rules

# Public Feedback

# Food Standards

# Regulatory Guide

On March 18, the Institute of Nutrition and Health of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention issued the national standard "Food Glycemic Index Measurement and Labeling Specification" for public comments, and the feedback ended on April 17. The introduction of the standard aims to establish a unified, scientific and rigorous food GI determination and labeling system, which is a milestone in standardizing market publicity, guiding the healthy development of the industry, and assisting consumers to make healthier choices.

2026-03-26 ·

Perdue Foods recalls 34 tons of chicken nuggets after consumers find wood

# chicken nuggets

# Perdue Foods

# wood

Perdue Foods, LLC in Perry, GA, late Thursday recalled about 68,200 pounds of organic ready-to-eat chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically wood, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety

2019-01-18 · foodsafetynews

JCS Fish attains stringent new food safety standard

# JCS Fish

# food safety standard

# Grimsby seafood firm

Family-owned Grimsby seafood firm, JCS Fish, has become one of the first businesses in the Yorkshire and Humber region of the UK to achieve accreditation to the new Issue 8 of the BRC Global Standard for Food Safety.

2019-04-17 · newfoodmagazine