{"id":3446,"date":"2017-03-24T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T10:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitedbaristas.com\/?p=3446"},"modified":"2022-01-14T10:33:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T10:33:34","slug":"the-cascara-raids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedbaristas.com\/articles\/industry-news\/the-cascara-raids\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cascara Raids"},"content":{"rendered":"
Over the past weeks some roasters and coffee shops have reported visits from their local authority to remove their cascara stock. To help inform baristas, here\u2019s what you need to know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cascara is a novel food and requires EU approval to be sold in the Common Market. The European Commission defines Novel Food as<\/p>\n\n\n\n
food that has not been consumed to a significant degree by humans in the EU prior to 1997, when the first Regulation on novel food came into force.<\/p>European Commission<\/a>
<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\nWhy is this now an issue?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Earlier this year a novel food application was lodged by Joel Jelderks<\/a> in Austria, with some support from specialty coffee businesses across the EU. Joel has done the bulk of the heavy-lifting on the application and he deserves the community\u2019s gratitude and support<\/p>\n\n\n\n