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This article was first published at FoodNavigator on 24 March 2020. Written by Katia Merten-Lentz with the support of Manon Ombredane
Once again the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has moved to clarify clarify the rules applicable to health claims.
Recently, the CJEU had the opportunity to further clarify the provisions of
This article was published at Footprint.
New laws are being designed to accelerate the growth of novel foods, including algae, insects and cultured meat, but will Brexit put the brakes on things?
Novelty can contribute substantially to the success of a restaurant or catering company, offering customers something new and competitors something to think
This article was first published by IEG Policy Agribusiness on 7 February 2020
Katia Merten-Lentz of international law firm, Keller and Heckman, writes on how the EU is taking a broader approach to official controls in the food supply chain.
The Official Controls Regulation (EU) 2017/625 – the new OCR – entered into force
This article was first published in the World Food Regulation Review January 2020, Vol. 29, Number 8
This article explains the main topics discussed by 400+ global food safety and nutrition regulators during the Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU41) in Düsseldorf from 24 to 29 November 2019.
Online food sales still need a clear definition and a proper legal framework at EU level to successfully take advantage of the cybermarket and create new opportunities for food business operators in the EU, writes Katia Merten-Lentz of international law firm, Keller and Heckman.
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Published at FoodNavigator 4 December 2019
Nowadays the list of ingredients on food labels tends to be shorter and the names simpler. But, putting aside this ‘clean label’ trend, does the average consumer still notice the claims appearing on the labels of its daily food?
In the 2000s there was an urgent need to
Yesterday, the 41st session of the Codex alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU41) started in Dusseldorf (Germany). The meeting was preceded by a working group to finalise recommendations to the plenary on a mechanism for future inclusion of food additives in “baby – and other special dietary uses – foods”
Published at FoodNavigator 7 November 2019
By Katia Merten-Lentz with the support of Manon Ombredane
Fifteen years ago, products on sale in the European market could bear nutrition claims such as “90% fat free”,
Katia Merten-Lentz and Caroline Commandeur of international law firm Keller and Heckman look at how member states are moving to define, in legal terms, what “clean labelling” is, and the consequences of defining it.
In order to meet consumer expectation for more transparency and clarity in the labelling of foodstuffs, agri-food manufacturers have been