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Evolva Announces Restructure and Management Changes

Evolva announced its strategy to restructure its business to promote growth. Among the changes include a major site consolidation, management changes and layoffs.

Stevia Gets Final OK in EU

Products containing stevia could be on sale in EU member countries as soon as December 2.

EU Chemical Classification and Labeling Update

The Portuguese Presidency of the European Union has warned that legislation harmonizing EU chemical classification and labeling rules with United Nations standards must be adopted during the first half of 2008 or risk jeopardizing the implementation of REACH.

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Endpoint. Connecting the Dots in F&F

My role for Perfumer & Flavorist is to procure and put forth relevant scientific content and observations to advance your formulations for improved F&F applications. So what you’ll find here are some interesting points I’ve observed that could connect to your overall larger project “constellation.”

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Vanilla Enters the World of Genomics

Within the last few years, the development of new DNA sequencing technologies has revolutionized the study of crop plants. New technologies are now available that provide high-throughput DNA sequence coverage at low cost, making their application to smaller crops possible. Two research groups are currently applying these new technologies to Vanilla planifolia to study some of the important issues with Vanilla, such as disease susceptibility and vanillin biosynthesis.

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Ensuring Regulatory Compliance for Flavor Companies

A case study roadmap for establishing safe, effective supply chains

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Progress in Essential Oils: Cubeb Oil

This month's column discusses the chemical composition of cubeb oil derived from Piper cubeba L.

Final EU Rule on Pesticide Residues

The European Union regulation EC396/2005 revising and simplifying the rules pertaining to pesticide residues entered into force today.

More on EPA ChAMP Program

On May 2, 2008 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a public meeting on the Chemical Assessment and Management Program (ChAMP), a program designed to fulfill US commitments under the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) with Canada and Mexico to improve cooperation on chemical regulation among the three countries.

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Patent Pick: Eutectic Flavor System

Patent Picks are chosen by the editors from publicly available sources. Today's feature, from Firmenich, describes a eutectic flavor system that protects actives in foods and retains its sensory properties upon dilution.

EU Panel Requests More Info

The European scientific panel on food additives, flavorings, processing aids and materials in contact with food, which advises the EC on chemically defined flavoring substances, was recently asked to evaluate 18 flavoring substances in the flavoring group evaluation (FGE) 17.

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Editor's Note: F&F Advocacy & Communication

How do regulatory, R&D, creatives, marketers and product developers unite under evolving environmental, social, political, cultural, technological and creative landscapes?

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Editor's Note: Strength in Diversity

Consumers continue to request more natural, cleaner, organic, non-GMO and transparently labeled ingredients in their products, which provides the F&F industry an opportunity to look deeper into the "culture" of clean ingredients.

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Endpoint: A Discussion on Natural

What are “natural flavors?” Honey, maple, cocoa, lemon and mint come to mind. But what are they, fundamentally?

ECHA Appeals Rules Regarding REACH

The European Commission has released regulations setting out the Constitution, rules, procedures and deadlines for handling appeals concerning decisions by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on REACH.

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Extracting Plants Using Supercritical Glycerin

With Cannabis sativa as an initial target, supercritical glycerin could be used as a solvent to extract natural bioactive compounds.

Delayed Reaction: Inside the Retroaromatic Effect

The flavor industry may want to start looking beyond a flavor's first impression

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FONA Welcomes Teachers for Education Program

Part of the company’s annual Teacher Institute, the Discover FONA program teaches educators the science behind food and flavors, and includes experiments, full tours of the facility and taste tests.

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