This week, the European Commission published its adjusted Work Program for 2020 in reaction to the Covid-19 crisis. As explained in the Communication accompanying the adjusted work program, to date, the Commission has adopted 291 decisions and other acts since the beginning of the crisis. Almost all of these were neither planned, nor were featured
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EU health claims referring to botanicals: back in the spotlight amid the current crisis?
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…
The impact of Covid-19 on the food supply chain
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With the adoption of the measures in place to contain the COVID-19 health emergency, companies in the food supply chain have reported severe operational difficulties deriving from the closure of production activities deemed to be non-essential or non-strategic and the restrictions on activities that support the food sector, with the food sector nevertheless being called…