Yesterday, as expected, the European Court of Justice announced its decision on the use of non-organic seaweed powder in organic drinks.
The case concerned the addition of a non-organic ingredient (Lithothamnium calcareum seaweed powder) in the processing of prepackaged drinks produced by Natumi GmbH. The drinks had otherwise organic ingredients.
The case centred around whether
On the 15th of April 2021, the European Commission presented a summary of its Farm to Fork proposal at the EU’s regulatory committee meeting on food.
The Farm to Fork initiative proposes to modify the EU-FIC Regulations on front-of-pack nutritional labelling, nutrient profiles, origin labelling and date marking.
The summary included interesting feedback and thoughts
At the end of March, the World Trade Organization issued a draft regulation that lists in its annexes the products and substances authorised to be used in organic production in the EU. Plant protection products, fertilisers, products for cleaning and disinfection and non-organic products, additives and processing aids for feed and food are specified in
Food fraud affects almost every type of food and edible products…the imagination of fraudsters seems limitless. Any initiatives aimed at hampering the progress of fraudsters are generally welcomed.
Wine producers are particularly exposed to fraudsters and fraudulent products. The EU has recently launched an initiative to create an EU database for chemical analysis for wines.
Back in September, Belgium informed French authorities, via the RASFF, that ethylene oxide had been found in imported sesame seeds. The amount of ethylene oxide surpassed the maximum amount allowed under regulations. Subsequent DGCCRF checks have shown that other products (like spices) may also be contaminated.
Investigations are ongoing, but French health authorities and EU
The new EU Regulation on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain became applicable as of 27 March 2021. The Regulation’s entry into force marks an important step forward in the modernisation of the EU food safety policy. Katia Merten-Lentz shares her thoughts with Les Marchés on the new
For the first time since 2008, the EFSA has officially launched a post-market monitoring program of the use/presence of (all) food additives in (all) foods at the level of the EU. The open call for occurrence data was launched on March 25th 2021.
The deadline under which ‘National food authorities, research institutions, academia
New regulations surrounding the products and substances that are authorized in organic production are set to be complex.
The compilation of texts details how from 2022 onwards, organic operators will need to find their way around various secondary acts, three of which have already been adopted, and several (at least two, but there will surely
The European Court of Justice had a progressive reading last November of the two international reference texts for CBD: the 1971 United Nations Convention on psychotropic substances and the United Nations Convention of 1961 on narcotics. It was concluded that CBD does not behave, in principle as a psychotropic drug and in the current state
It’s well known that the Lactalis group attacked the French initiative that required the origin of milk to be included on labels. In particular, they noted it would be challenging to balance French labelling requirements with the sometimes-unclear INCO regulations.
While EU regulations harmonize the compulsory indication of the country of origin or the
