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The author Joanna Blythman is a British journalist, with the article published in a British newspaper. I think you'll find that a US agency has little to do wi

The author Joanna Blythman is a British journalist, with the article published in a British newspaper. I think you'll find that a US agency has little to do with what was discussed, and that European regulations are what applies. They are also the source of 'E' numbers mentioned. The FDA has no problem with rBST for cows, while it is banned in Europe and several other countries. The way the EU and the US treat eggs is also different, although it is harder to tell who is right: http://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-american-eggs-would-be-illegal-in-a-british-supermarket-and-vice-versa/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/nadiaarumugam/2012/10/25/why-ame...

tzs 12y ago
The trade show being covered is an international trade show, not just a European trade show. Exhibitors from all over the world exhibit there, for buyers from all over the world. It happened to be in Europe when the reporter visited. The 2015 instance will be in Russia. The particular exhibitor (NatureSeal) that told the reporter their product was a processing aid is a US company, so it seems a reasonably safe bet that then they describe their product as a "processing aid" they are using a definition similar to the meaning of the term in the US. The UK definition is indeed similar to the US definition: "any substance not consumed as a food by itself, intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing, and which may result in the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence of residues of the substance or its derivatives in the final product, provided that these residues do not present any health risk and do not have any technological effect on the finished product" [1]. [1] http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/processing_aids/ http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/processing_aids/

tzs 12y ago

The trade show being covered is an international trade show, not just a European trade show. Exhibitors from all over the world exhibit there, for buyers from all over the world. It happened to be in Europe when the reporter visited. The 2015 instance will be in Russia. The particular exhibitor (NatureSeal) that told the reporter their product was a processing aid is a US company, so it seems a reasonably safe bet that then they describe their product as a "processing aid" they are using a definition similar to the meaning of the term in the US. The UK definition is indeed similar to the US definition: "any substance not consumed as a food by itself, intentionally used in the processing of raw materials, foods or their ingredients, to fulfil a certain technological purpose during treatment or processing, and which may result in the unintentional but technically unavoidable presence of residues of the substance or its derivatives in the final product, provided that these residues do not present any health risk and do not have any technological effect on the finished product" [1]. [1] http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/processing_aids/ http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/processing_aids/