10/11/2024 7:30:17 AM Food supplement or medicine? Manufacturer's intent is the deciding factor By Lisanne Steenbergen The text "reduces swelling and relieves pain" cannot be used for a food supplement. Food law prohibits making medical claims. This...
10/10/2024 1:25:06 PM Plant-based product Roombeter must change name By Ebba Hoogenraad Upfield (now Flora Food Group) must change the sales name of its product ROOMBETER. The plant-based product may compete with with butter...
7/18/2024 7:30:49 AM Small print can get you killed By Ebba Hoogenraad The margarine product Becel has a funny television commercial in which a daughter in a disco is extremely embarrassed when her mother,...
7/17/2024 7:30:06 AM See you in court! Or not? By Moïra Truijens You are reading this newsletter because you came into contact with our firm at some point. Presumably you needed legal help with a...
7/16/2024 3:00:02 PM Medicine fines for dietary supplements: increasingly a thing of the past! By Lisanne Steenbergen Another bead on the chain. Food supplements are subject to food law, not the Medicines Act. For years, the Netherlands Food and Consumer...
7/16/2024 1:11:54 PM "A juice a day keeps the doctor away" is a health claim By Myrna Teeuw "A juice a day keeps the doctor away". This variation on the well-known statement "An apple a day keeps the doctor away" seems like a...
4/11/2024 8:00:41 AM Cross-contamination warning: only in case of real risk By Lisanne Steenbergen You will find the warning "May contain [allergen]" less and less often on food labels. "May contain traces of [allergen]" is a thing of...
4/10/2024 11:50:33 AM DreamJuice - medicine or health product? By Ebba Hoogenraad Do you suffer from insomnia? DreamJuice is the solution according to the website; no more need for medications against sleep deprivation....
12/15/2023 3:21:31 PM Semi 'Climate Neutral' pork in the Marley Spoon box By Ebba Hoogenraad So good that Marley Spoon includes pork in its meal box that meets the Climate Neutral certification label. The packaging shows the...
12/14/2023 1:25:41 PM New rules for chocolate designations By Lisanne Steenbergen The days are getting shorter and the temperature drops. Time for delicious hot chocolate milk, a piece of a chocolate tree or a handful...
11/23/2023 1:19:08 PM ALERT: no advertising of unauthorized novel food By Myrna Teeuw Food industry beware! The Advertising Code Committee (ACC) distributed an Alert (in Dutch) because unauthorized novel food was being...
11/23/2023 1:16:54 PM From July 1, 2023: levy on single-use plastic (SUP) By Lisanne Steenbergen Plastic soup in the Mediterranean Sea and porpoises mistaking a piece of plastic for a tasty fish. Or closer: overflowing trash cans in...