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An advisory committee (Kentoukai) to the Japanese Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) has met 11 times to discuss: how to address problems with claims and the labeling of functional foods as well as dietary/food supplements; the role of claims and the labeling system of Food for Special Dietary Uses (FOSDU), such as Foods for Specified Health Uses (FOSHU), under the Health Promotion Law; the role of claims and labeling standards and implementation for the proper labeling of dietary/food supplements…

Recently, a very significant development related to the implementation of the European Union Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation has occurred. Red the full update on this along with health claim substantiation, and the new guidance on gut and immune function health claims…

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has predicted that it will have completed about 250 Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) inspections in 2010, and plans to conduct double that number in 2011…

The USA hosted the 10th round of Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiations in Washington DC, which NZ participated in. The ACTA initiative aims to establish international standards for enforcing intellectual property rights in order to fight more efficiently the growing problem of counterfeiting and piracy…

Goodbye Sandfly as been accepted as approved product by major grocery offices in New Zealand, giving the small NZ business an opportunity to establish a nationwide brand…

Recently NZTE Hong Kong office attended a workshop in Singapore on social media marketing which provided useful insights to businesses of all kinds, in particular B2C businesses, which are targeting Asian markets…

Many overseas governments are rewarding innovation in clean, green technologies through the patent system. But is New Zealand keeping up?

New Image Group is disappointed that the Australian Fair Work Ombudsman has chosen to go to the media ahead of a planned legal meeting in Auckland…

The Report, prepared by Professor David P Richardson, Scientific Adviser to CRN UK and a member of IADSA’s Scientific Group, has just been released.
With so many areas of the world actively considering the regulation of health claims at the current time, this is an extremely important and timely document. Download your copy now…