Mar 27, 2023 | Food Safety Africa Magazine

Ivory Coast shifts manual certification for horticulture products export to digital

Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023

IVORY COAST – Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa-producing country, will officially transition from physical paper documents associated with international trade for its horticultural products to electronic phytosanitary certification (ephyto) as of May 03. According to the official, this transition from the conventional system to the digital one will make it possible to accelerate, facilitate, and participate in improving the…

FDA clears Good Meat’s cell-cultured chicken following premarket consultation

Mar 27, 2023Apr 2, 2023

U.S – GOOD Meat, a subsidiary of Eat Just that provides cell-based meat, has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) declaring its product safe for human consumption. FDA reviewed the data provided by GOOD Meat Inc. and at this time has no additional concerns with the firm’s assurance of product safety, becoming the second company to…

WHO establishes recommendations on use of low-sodium salt alternatives

Mar 27, 2023Mar 27, 2023

GLOBAL – The World Health Organization (WHO) has established recommendations on the use of low-sodium salt alternatives and is currently requesting feedback on the draft recommendation from Member States and all pertinent parties through an online public consultation. The recommendations were crafted according to the current WHO guideline creation process, which involves an assessment of methodically accumulated scientific data and…