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Stevia range from PureCircle wins EFSA approval

Stevia range from PureCircle wins EFSA approval

By Rod Addy

PureCircle has secured a positive safety opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its Reb M, Reb D and Reb AM stevia ingredients produced through bioconversion of stevia leaf extracts.

Hemp food firm wants quality marks, not Novel Food approval

CBD opinion

Hemp food firm wants quality marks, not Novel Food approval

By Mark Reinders

Driving CBD food producers down the Novel Foods route is unnecessary and expensive, argues Mark Reinders, HempFlax boss and former president of the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA) in this opinion piece.

JDE Banbury dispute: Union votes in favour of new deal

JDE Banbury dispute: Union votes in favour of new deal

By Gwen Ridler

Unite members at Jacobs Douwe Egberts’ Banbury, Oxfordshire plant have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new a pay and employment conditions package that removes the management’s proposal to ‘fire and rehire’ staff.