Unedited chat logs from today's webinar:
tadeo: Hi Everyone greetings from Juba
Sanjay: Hi.
David: Hello everyone
Yehia: Hi everybody,
Marta: Hello from Holland
Emmanuel: Hi Everyone, Emmanuel from the UK
Herbert: Hello to everyone from Indianapolis, Indiana USA
Yehia: Yehia El-Samragy from Cairo
Carlos: Greetings from Portugal
Raluca: hello :)
marta: hello from spain
maria lynn yee francisco: 0 here, philippines.Hi everyone, maria lynn yee francisc
lahcen: hello, i'm lahcen from Montreal, canada,
Epitacio : Hi all, this is Epitacio froim Guadalajara, Mexico
Lyudmila Burtovaya: Hi from Russia
Aldi: hallo.. from Indonesia
mahmoud: HI FROM EGYPT
Vânia: Hello! from Portugal
Batten: Hi there from Cape Town
Tara: Hi from ohio, USA
Kimberly : hello from Montreal Canada
Jacobo: Hi from Spain¡¡¡
Gaganpreet: hello
Beatriz: Hi everyone, from Cordoba, Argentina
ramesh: Hi! from kathmandu!!!
leila: hello from spain/madrid!
David Levy: Shalom every body from ISRAEL!
Larbi: Hello from Agadir
Yohannes Habtu: Hello from Addis Ababa
Taylor: Hi from Ohio, USA
Jessica Butler: good morning
Frank : Good morning from Fridley, Minnesota
Jessica Butler: from rocky mount, nc
Anne: Hi from the Netherlands
Raquel Vaz: Hello, Raquel from UK
Franziska: HI from France!
Aaron: Aaron from Ireland
Paula: Greetings from Barbados
Gary: Hello from Fleetwood Lancashire UK
Yadin Vargas: Yadin from Houston,TX
Emma W: Hello All
Stephanie: Hi From Cookeville, Tennessee
Sandeep Arora : Hi Everyone!!
VICTOR MOSQUEDA: Victor from Atlanta GA
Monica: Good morning from montreal
Wendy Hirst: Good morning from Lancaster PA!
Sue: has it started??
anthony: Hello from Toronto Canada
Simon Timperley: Welcome everyone...happy friday!
Ingo: Greeting from rainy Germany
Helen: Hello frm hot, sunny Trinidad
Roselynn : Hello from Toronto
Narongchai: Hi from Thailand
Cindy: hello
Tabatha: Good Morning from Maryland, USA
Martie Weber: Hello from Idaho USA
oluyemi Arosoye: Hello, from Lagos
ANIBAL GRASSO: Good morning from Montevideo, Uruguay
Emmanuel: Hello omo iya @ oluyemi Arosoye
DonaldTrump: MORNING.
Esonia: lowell thomas st thomas
Seth: Scott, you online?
enrique r: hello everybody!!
AGRIA JOSHI: hello
Kim: Hello from Ottawa, Canada
ivan: Hello from Florida...
Teresa: Olá From Oporto Portugal
Marijana: good afternoon from Croatia
Diana Silva: Hello from Oporto, Portugal.
THITIMON : Hello from Thailand
Zein Al-Abideen Hijazi: Greetings to everybody
Nancy: Good morning from California
Loika : Hello from Jamaica
Mayra: Good morning!
Laetitia: Should all ingredients indicated on a label if it is not a nutrient (technological aid...) in a very low %?
Phyllis: Good morning from Pennslyvania USA
Priyanka: Hello
Javed: Hello from Chicago, USA
naruemon: Hi nice to see every one
Diana Silva: Hello again. I´m having problems with the video. It doesn´t open
Jerry: Good morning Everyone
Filippo: Good morning from Italy!
Simon Timperley: Is youtube blocked in your business?
charith: Hello,,,, everyone from kuwait
Diana Silva: I think so, Simon. Do you think it´s the cause?
Simon Timperley: Yes we are running on google hangouts which uses youtube for the video
Mayra: Good morning to all from Valencia, California
ramesh: Why the slides are blurred/not clear?
Diana Silva: ok. thanks for your answer.
Joana: Hello from Denmark!
alicia: Hi Good morning from Pasadena CA
Joana: Hello fro
maribel: Nice evening from the philippines
Zein Al-Abideen Hijazi: THe screen looks blurred
charith: slides are blurred
Joana: Hello from Denmark
Korakot: Question: For labeling water in ingredient label, when water has to label? If chicken marinade with water and salt then cook it to fully cooked, what is ingredient label should be labelled; Chicken, Water, Salt. or Chicken, Salt.
Simon Timperley: It is your internet conenction ramesh, you need high speed for live video streaming
Simon Timperley: Charith, see my answer below.
Jose Calzada: Hello from Mexico
lowell: st thomas
Michelle: Hi From somerset
leila: question: which is the allowed % of difference between the nutritional results from the external accredited lab; and the one in the label? does it has to be exactly the same? tnks
Simon Timperley: Also Zein, same issue.
victor: hi
Amgad: Hello from UAE United Arab Emirates
ramesh: If the regulation is silent on allergens to be labelled, what shall the manufacturer do?
Adelaide: hello from Ghana
Narongchai: Ramesh, I think we should follow the CODEX.
DonaldTrump: Do you recommend any specific Nutrition Label Software?
leila: Country of origin: only mnadatory for raw food? i.e.: meat/chiken, etc
Raquel Vaz: No Leia. IT is all for meat products
DonaldTrump: Do you recommend any specific Nutrition Label Software?
mike peters: donaldtrump - i like esha genesis
Laetitia: Country of origin: Manufacturer in country A and if you mixe and pack in another country B what will be the country of origin?
Aaron: Can you make specific nutritional claims using the software Donald trump has mentioned
Manahil: hello from UAU
DonaldTrump: One vote for Genesis.
Cathleen Stenglein: Two votes for Genesis
Theresa: We use Genesis as well. They offer great support.
Manahil: Hi from United Arab Emirates
Carlos: Instructions will help to kill harmful bacteria? I do not agree. Instead, instructions will help to slow the growth of harmful bacteria, still present?
Helen: we also use Genesis, easy to use, and very extensive USDA database
MUHAMMAD Raza Ullah: Good
ramesh: Thanks Narongchai!!!
Goldi Chauhan: Hello from UAE
David: How about the term "Use by date" for high risk foods?
Cindy: We use Genesis too.
DonaldTrump: Genesis is in the lead!
Narongchai: Free for Genesis?
Epitacio : I do sgrere with Carlos... Low twmpwratures prevent grpwth of most microorganisms
Jenny: I also use Genesis, would recommend, although if you put rubbish into the data base you get rubbish out
DonaldTrump: No rubbish into Genesis.... check.
Franziska: how much is Genesis?
Cindy: one permit for around $6000?
larbi: what about net weight / drained weight
Raluca: Aaron - depends on the country you sell in. For EU, Reg. 1169 allows to state declaration based on the calculation - taking into consideration recognised scientific information, production formula, etc
ivan: Will we get a copy of the PPT presentation
DonaldTrump: Stupid food labels.
Yohannes Habtu: Is there a standard 'legal' phrasing for distinguishing between the 'Best Before Date' a (product quality concern) from the drop dead 'Expiry Date' after which consumer wellbeing maybe at risk? Or is the selection of phrases upto the executor?
Anne: Why is the USDA-Nop logo listed with the misleading?
mike peters: aaron - genesis will auto populate claims that can be made. I dont use it though
Narongchai: Dear Ivan, we will get it later via email.
larbi: GMO labeling is it mandatory
Simon Timperley (to Narongchai): thanks.
Nneka: Hello
ivan: Thank you Narongchai
Zein Al-Abideen Hijazi: Sodium benzoate --- only if above the limits
Cindy: Can I get the PPT ?
Raluca: Larbi - in EU, if you use GMO ingredients, yes, you need to state this information. This is why most companies do not allow them to be used in production.
Narongchai: Cindy, yes via email
JeffC: hello
larbi: Thanks Raluca
Cindy: Thanks Narongchai!
Simon Timperley: Please read the green label at the top of the chat.
tadeo: Raluca, the requirement is to state made from GMO , but that doesn't make the food not to be legal
Narongchai: Cindy, also with certificate after attending.
Raluca: uw, larbi
Cindy: Great!
Sanjay: If the PPT get through email it will be highly appreciated. As slides are blurry.
Raluca: true, tadeo, in EU you may produce and sell these products, but need to declare it to the consumers
tadeo: simon all i can see request to speak
Emmanuel: Dr Papilo
tadeo: absolutelt@Raluca
Epitacio : Yaser: you mention the use of Microscopy. I do actually practice food microscopy and it has a lot of potential...!
victor: adelaide how be with your certification
Kay: Prof. Emmanuel Adej, nice you are here
carlitopas@yahoo.com: What is the effect to human being if he eats an expired food
anthony: no point looking at the ingredient list if the product is expired
Narongchai: I do agree with anthony
Goldi Chauhan: I also agree...
tadeo: expired doesn't mean not safe for consumption@Anthony
Jacobo: I agree too
Seth: I don't agree with Anthony. Many times, it's a best by date. If it's a canned product, and the ingredients have a lot of preservatives, the best by or expiry date wouldn't bother me as much as long as it was within reason.
Cindy: It is assumed the food should be not expires if they are on the shelf.
Seth: who hasn't eaten a can of something from their pantry that had expired by months?
DonaldTrump: I don't agree with Anthony and others because exp date is usually just a Best By Date.
Simon Timperley: I ate mustard 5 years out of date and I'm still here. My wife is now tryign other means.
Narongchai: I still do agree with Antony
carlitopas@yahoo.com: If I buy food, I always start to look first the expiry date then the ingredients
Batten: Does food expire?
Jacobo: what about cnned food?
anthony: the choice was expiry date, not best by date
Narongchai: Yes, anthony
Helen: the nutrients of ingredients varie from seasons to seasons, so how often do you recomment to review the information on label, e.g. nutrition facts?
Raluca: Carlitopas: depending how far from the expir. date you ate the product and the type of product. Normally, its illness. But the product may be safe long time after exp date,
DonaldTrump: An Exp date is basically just a Best By Dayte though even if the actual wording is not Best By date.
Seth: in canned food, an expiry date is more for the company's protection
Tara: lol simon!
Joseph Alexandrou: Is it mandatory to label storage instructions on canned/pasteurized foods?
carlitopas@yahoo.com: Thanks to all
tadeo: yes Joseph it's mandatory
DonaldTrump: Simon ate mustard that was 5 years beyond the Exp date.... but what if he was allergic to mustard.... even if the mustard was not expired?
larbi: Thanks
Nneka: pLEASE WHAT SHOULD BE THE EXPIRING DATE FOR BOTTLED WATER?
leila: i.e: result from ext lab for salt: 3,3, label: 2,2....????
tadeo: Donald , mustard will always have allergenic warning
lillian: In us, some of the nutrient values be 120
Raquel Vaz: If a product is still going to be manufactured by other company, is the nutritional facts mandatory on the label?
Javed: Can water be declared as a processing aid?
maureen: The USDA allows a 20% variance on nutritional information in order to cover test method variables etc.
lillian: nutrition fact is only needed when sold to the consumer in retail packaging in us
DonaldTrump: So with an Allergenic warning then the most important of the 4 choices previously mentioned would be ingredients. :)
tadeo: Raquel Vaz i don't think , cs it's a raw material for another company. i
carlitopas@yahoo.com: If food is already expired, most of the retailers will the the product to the manufacturer
Janice Dye: is storage information required for snack foods, stored at ambient temperatures?
Emmanuel: not many people will care about the nutritional fact
Narongchai: Maureen, for each nutrient?
DIMITRA: hi form GREECE!!
Raquel Vaz: Thanks tadeo
tadeo: Maureen do u have validation for 20% tolerance and on which can of foods?
athanasios Blanas: hi dimitra from greeece
Seth: what you look at on the label as a consumer is still highly dependent on the individual. I have no allergies. I'm not hung up on different types of additives . I'm much more interested in the nutritional information than any of the others.
Sara: What percentage of ingredients do you have to declare for Country of Origin?
tadeo: Your welcome Raquel
charith: as per GCC reglutations, when they talk about allergens, it is written as WALNUTS & NUTS. why does it declare instead of writing as "NUTS" only?
maureen: the 20% variance I speak of is in the USDA regulations so only pertains to meat items
tadeo: Thanks Maureen.
Adebisi: nneka lotas of factor lik processing or purification standards and regulation and local policy
FOCK CHEONG: hi there, Choi from Malaysia #1MDB
Nneka: Mr Yasser please what should be the expiring date for bottled water because in my location we mostly see only the production date?
DonaldTrump: Right on Yasser!
maureen: :)you are welcome Tadeo
Epitacio : Simon: Is it possible to expect a Webinar on Optical Food Microscopy in the near future?
Mahalet: Hello Mahalet from Maryland
Tara: why do some products have a best buy date and some product shipped with a manufacturing date?
Tara: Why do some products have a best buy date and some products have a manufacturing date?
maureen: @Narongchai - the 20% pertains to each attribute ( fat, sodium etc) as there is a lot of variance from the lab methods so you should label what you find in the database or lab result
mike peters: (5) A food with a label declaration of calories, sugars, total fat, saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol, or sodium shall be deemed to be misbranded under section 403(a) of the act if the nutrient content of the composite is greater than 20 percent in excess of the value for that nutrient declared
Laetitia: When relabelling is needed? is it a legal requirement?
larbi: nneka in our region bottled water is labelled 12 months after production date
charith: as per GCC reglutations, when they talk about allergens, it is written as WALNUTS & NUTS. why does it declare instead of writing as "NUTS" only?
Herbert: Thanks Yasser, Simon have a great weekend.
Narongchai: Thanks, mareen, mike
Cindy: Thanks!
Jacobo: Thanks Yasser
Helen: thank you.
Adebisi: Thanks
Lyudmila Burtovaya: Thank you very much!!!!
Raquel Vaz: Thanks to you both
Jacobo: Thanks Simon for the webinar
tadeo: Thanks you all
Yehia: Thanks to you both