New Law on Food Contact Materials  

New Law on Food Contact Materials  

Luxembourg There is a new law in Luxembourg on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food, in line with Regulation (EU) 2017/625. This law also sets out the activities and controls carried out by the Luxembourg Veterinary and Food Administration...
The use of ‘probiotics’ in the Netherlands

The use of ‘probiotics’ in the Netherlands

The Netherlands KOAGKAG has provided more clarity on the use of ‘probiotics’ on foods, based on the European legislation. Under EU Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006, health claims are only permitted if they are scientifically substantiated and approved by the European...

Food (supplements) and health claims

EU Recently, based on a German case, the Court of Justice of the European Union decided to restrict the EU Health Claims Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods). In this case, food supplements were promoted towards health...