This article was published on Food Navigator on the 6th of August.
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission completed the REFIT [1] Evaluation of the Regulation (EC) n°1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health claims (the NHCR). Even though the
This article was published on Food Navigator on the 8th of May.
While consumers frightened by the Covid-19 pandemic stocked-pilled food (and toilet paper), it was tempting for some companies to overpromote their products with regards to their ability to ‘treat’ or ‘cure’ the disease. This was especially the case for products that may
Katia Merten-Lentz of international law firm Keller and Heckman looks at how the EU’s regulation of traditional foods from third countries is proving to be a challenge for companies to successfully navigate.
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Since 1997, any food that was not consumed to a significant degree within European
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 their daily food?
In the 2000s there was an urgent need to regulate
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”,
Radio interview Katia Merten-Lentz at RTBF, September 2018
