On June 12, 2013, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI announced a downgrade of the artificial sweetener sucralose from “Safe” to “Cau

On March 6, Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, ANVISA published Resolução da Diretoria Colegiada

On March 25, 2013, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW proposed the approval of two new food additives, calcium acetate and calcium

On April 19, 2013, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA published Scientific Opinion on Flavoring Group Evaluation 63, Revision 2 (FGE.63Rev2 .

On June 17, 2013, the Uganda National Bureau of Standards notified the WTO of draft food specification standards for Tomato puree and Amaranth flour,

On May 24, 2013, Korea published a notice containing various standards and specifications for foods and food additives.

On June 25, 2013, Taiwan officially notified the WTO of its amended food safety law, the Act Governing Food Sanitation (available in Chinese .

On June 26, 2013, the U.S. notified the WTO’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT of an amendment to color additives regulations regarding

BCI is pleased to announce that South Africa's food additive use regulations have been added to the International Food Additive Database.

On June 5, 2013, China’s Ministry of Health (MOH published a draft amendment to the National Food Safety Standard: Standard for Use of Food Additives