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ORGANIC FOODS: NEW TECHNICAL RULES IN THE EU
From January 1, 2021, in the European Union the organic food market will be regulated by the framework Regulation (EU) n. 2018/848. In view of this date, a number of [...]
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PALM OIL IN EU: NEW MAXIMUM LEVELS
Following the scientific opinion delivered by EFSA in 2016, the Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/290 will enter into force on 19 March 2018, introducing new maximum levels (MLs) of glycidyl fatty acid esters [...]
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LIGHT FOODS IN INDIA: CHANGING MARKETING CONDITIONS WORRY EU
India is moving toward a new legal framework on nutrition and health claims (NHC), as on 22 November 2017 its government notified the draft Food Safety and Standards (Advertisements and [...]
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A CLAIM REJECTED IS BETTER THAN A CLAIM ON HOLD
An ECJ ruling on two cases (Joined Cases C 596/15 P and C 597/15 P) brought against the European Commission could finally bring a change to the regulatory deadlock on botanicals [...]
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COOL FOR FOOD: AT THE THRESHOLD OF AN EU REVOLUTION?
Good news for foods that pride in their origin: the European Commission has launched a public consultation (which will close on February 1) on the introduction of mandatory indication of the [...]
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NUEVOS ALIMENTOS: LA REFORMA EUROPEA AL ESTRENO
A partir del 31 Diciembre 2017 se inaugura el marco legal UE dedicado a los nuevos alimentos, establecido en el Reglamento (UE) 2015/2283 del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo, del 25 de [...]
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EU COURT CLARIFIES LIMITS IN BANNING FOODSTUFFS
Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber), 19th January 2017, in case C-282/15(Queisser Pharma GmbH & Co. KG v Bundesrepublik Deutschland) In its request for a preliminary ruling, a German national court asks whether the [...]
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MAY A GHEWING GUM HAVE AS MANY BENEFICIAL AS ORDINARY DENTAL CARE?
Unsurprisingly, the Regional Administrative Court of Lazio confirmed the legitimacy of a decision of the Italian Competition Authority (hereinafter ‘ICA’; ‘Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato” – or ‘AGCM’ [...]
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