Legal review of the EU Guidance Notes on Colouring Foods
Updated: 24/06/19 The EU Guidance Notes on the classification of food extracts with colouring properties has presently been removed from the Commission website. [...]
Positive Safety evaluation of Annatto E
EFSA Positive Safety evaluation of Annatto E and New exposure assessment for annatto extracts The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a safety [...]
Carmine E 120 Specifications
Revised Carmine specifications have been published on 3 October as an amendment to Regulation 1333/2008. In this review process, NATCOL shared its proposals with [...]
NATCOL is now in Brussels
NATCOL is proud to announce that it is now based in Brussels, Belgium. In order to be closer to the European Institutions, NATCOL is [...]
IACM 2018 Global Color Conference
The 2018 IACM Global Color Conference is approaching. The fourth biennial Global Color Conference will host more than a dozen experts to discuss issues relating [...]
Chlorophyll project plan
NATCOL registered in May as an interested party to the call for data published by DG SANTE for providing scientific and technical data on the [...]
Chlorophyll Assessment
NATCOL registered as interested party to the call for data published by DG SANTE for providing scientific and technical data on the permitted food additives [...]
IACM 2016 Global Color Conference
The IACM 2016 Global Color Conference will have the theme Navigating the Evolving Landscape for Food Colors and focus its sessions on the key areas that are [...]
Illegal Colour Usage
NATCOL would like to react to the EU rapid alert and the current media coverage of several incidents related to the misuse of imported dyes [...]
EFSA clarifies position for Annatto
EFSA scientific opinion clarifies position for Annatto (E160b) On 24 August, EFSA published its Scientific Opinion on “The safety of annatto extracts (E 160b) [...]
Commission decision brings greater clarity
NATCOL welcomes DG SANTE Roadmap for Risk Management of Re-evaluated Food Additives. In its new web page dedicated to the re-evaluation of food additives [...]
NATCOL sponsored report on consumer exposures to Anthocyanins
NATCOL commissioned a revised and comparable exposure assessments for Anthocyanins from food colour additives, colouring foodstuffs and from natural occurrence in foods. In April 2013 [...]
NATCOL President speaks at Food ingredients Europe 2015
The President of NATCOL, Dr. Roland Beck, was invited to moderate the Natural Colour & Colouring Foods module conference at Fi Europe held in Paris, [...]
NATCOL elects new Secretary General
Ms Lorenza Squarci was elected Secretary General of NATCOL during its 41st Annual General Meeting held in Dublin, Ireland, on 7 May 2015. With an [...]
IACM Color Conference 2014
Carl Mroz, Colorcon; Valerie J. Rayner, FMC Health & Nutrition and Dirk Cremer, DSM gave presentations at the opening day of the The International [...]
NATCOL elects a new President
At the 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place in Barcelona on 15/16 May 2014, NATCOL, the Natural Food Colours Association, elected Dr. Roland [...]
Natural Colouring Trends
NATCOL General Secretary chaired the opening day of the conference on Natural Colours and Colouring Foodstuffs: Innovation and New Trends in London in September 2011. [...]