Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 1, Page 7

New Labelling Requirements for Food Additives, Enzymes and Flavourings I. Introduction Labelling of food is certainly not a new invention. The same applies to the labelling of food ingredients sold as such, be it to food businesses or consumers. However, with the advent of what has been labelled by the Commission itself as the “Package on Food Improvement Agents”1 in December 2008, new labelling provisions have been implemented all over the European U

Moritz Hagenmeyer, Andreas Hahn

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 6, Page 325 - 340

Many producers of food supplements deplore the strict assessment practice of EFSA. They fear that soon they will not be able to market their products any longer. If, however, one looks at the current draft of a first Regulation on the authorisation of certain health claims, it will be possible to make lots of “cheap” claims without great effort. This is because the pertaining EFSA opinions suggest recipes which open up unimagined perspectives for food advertising. The authors of this article reveal the secrets of these recipes and show how they can be used for marketing food supplements. First they sketch the regulatory background and the general problems (I.); then they present the draft Regulation together with the pertaining scientific opinions (II.). Thereafter, they propose several model recipes which allow the use of “cheap” health claims (III.). In some critical comments they show practical consequences of the envisaged authorisations (IV.) before concluding with a brief assessment (V). The authors suspect that neither legislators nor EFSA have asked for the partly absurd results to which the instant analysis must lead. However, the strange consequences of the current authorisation practice have to be accepted until better and more sensible rules as well as an adequate scientific assessment procedure are available.

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 4 (2009), Issue 5, Page 6

I. The regulatory problem of safe food Ever since prehistoric times mankind has existed in all kinds of surroundings on our – by nature – more or less hostile planet. For the purpose of survival, reproduction and alimentation have always been paramount. Where no-one knew what was safe to eat, the trial-and-error-method will have been used extensively. Experience has presumably been gathered and passed on from generation to generation all over the worl

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 4 (2009), Issue 6, Page 3

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 3, Page 7

The Regulation Overkill: Food Information I. Introduction „Overkill“, the word captioning this article, is a term from the cold war; it describes a nuclear power’s capacity to destroy an enemy more than once1. To shoot a mouse with a ballistic missile would be an illustrative example. Has European food law reached the overkill stage? A closer look at the planned Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers (2008/0028 COD – hereinafter

Moritz Hagenmeyer, Peter Loosen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 5, Page 11

Better Regulation or more Frustration? I. Better Regulation – simply explained The title “Better Regulation – simply explained” captions a little brochure published by the European Commission in 20061. This publication gives a short overview of a “Comprehensive Strategy on Better Regulation” launched by the Commission in order to “ensure that the regulatory framework in the EU contributes to achieving growth and jobs, while continuing to take into acc

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 5, Page 4

Golden autumn weather and once again a venue full of character set the scene for EffL’s “2nd International European Food and Feed Law Conference 2008” in Amsterdam on 9 and 10 October. Lexxion’s publisher Wolfgang Andreae together with EffL editors Barbara Klaus and Andreas Meisterernst had invited to the extended event at “Het Westindisch Huis”. The former Dutch West Indian Trading Company’s headquarters is situated at the corner of the famous H

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 6, Page 4

You could certainly sense that unique first night feeling on a chilly morning in Berlin on 23 October 2007. Somewhat off the beaten track of Germany’s capital visitors from all over Europe were tracing the location of the first international EffL conference, the International Club Berlin. The organisers had made a splendid choice convening their premiere in a stylish venue, which had previously served the British Army as their officers’ club. More than 80 participants fr

Moritz Hagenmeyer, Peter Loosen

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 4, Page 8

EFFL 4|2007 Fortification for Everyone? 189 I. Introduction and current law 1. Introduction The harmonisation of European food law has been growing ever more rapidly since 2002 when Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law2 was published – the foundation of a newly conceived fully integrated, essentially science-based and purportedly coherent legal concept. The origins of this legislative approac

Moritz Hagenmeyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 1 (2006), Issue 4, Page 8

Health Claims meet Bureaucracy I. Introduction and current law 1. Introduction Were those who wrote the European Commission's amazing press release on 16 May 20061 aware of current European food law? The text praised the proposed regulation on health and nutrition claims to such an extent that one might have believed that lawlessness and chaos reigns in food advertising. Of course this isn't the case and the current state of affairs prevails, bec