The Provisions on Claims concerning the Development and Health of Children in Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 – better Regulation? journal article Andreas Meisterernst, Christian Ballke European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 3, Page 6 I. Provision content of Article 14, para. 1 HCR 1. Legislative process and scope Claims referring to the development and health of children were included in the second reading upon the initiative of the European Parliament in the provision in Article 14, para. 1 of the Regulation. The provision is linguistically unfortunate. The reference to Article 2, para. 1, Letter b of Directive 2000/13/ EC is ineffective concerning claims on development and
Editorial0308 journal article Andreas Meisterernst European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 3, Page 1 EFFL 3|2008 Editorial 131 Editorial This issue of EFFL starts with a contribution on feed law by Ortwin Simon, a veterinary professor, and Barbara Klaus, a lawyer. This constellation of the professional background of the authors empowers them to describe the close relation between legal and scientific aspects of the regulation of zootechnical feed additives. The following contribution of Alice Reichmuth, a Swiss judge, gives an excellent overview of the Swiss f
Editorial0508 journal article Andreas Meisterernst European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 5, Page 1 EFFL 5|2008 Editorial 287 Editorial The EFFLCommunity is growing. About 80 participants attended the 2nd EFFL Conference which took place in Amsterdam on 9 and 10 October 2008. Member state officials, industry representatives, scientists, lawyers and members of associations had lively discussions on the most recent topics. Regarding the details of this conference please read the summary from Moritz Hagenmeyer right after the editorial. The next EFFL Conference,
Right of Inclusion of Health Claims in the National Lists or Unlegislated Area? journal article Andreas Meisterernst, Christian Ballke European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 1, Page 7 I. Introduction Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and The Council of Ministers of 20. December 2006 concerning nutritional and health claims with respect to foods1 was enacted on 19.01.2007. Even if it first becomes valid from 1. July 2007 as directly applicable law in the whole of the EU, what can be envisaged now is that with this regulation a fundamental change in the field of food advertising will take place. For the use of
Editorial0107 journal article Andreas Meisterernst European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 1, Page 1 EFFL 1|2007 Editorial 1 Editorial The European legislator was busy at the end of the year just before Romania and Bulgaria entered the European Union. The Official Journal of the European Union was published more and more frequently. On 30th December 2006 26 issues of the Official Journal of the European Union in the legislation sector (L) finally appeared. In L 404 the Regulation (EC) no. 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20th Dec
The silent Revolution – Legal Overview on Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health Claims journal article Andreas Meisterernst, Bernd Haber European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 2 (2007), Issue 6, Page 34 The silent Revolution I. Introduction 1. Legislative history 2. Criticism: Violation of community law 3. Structure of the Regulation II. General stipulations 1. Subject matter and scope (Article 1 of the Regulation) a. Aims of the regulation b. Claims in the labelling, presentation and advertising for food c. Commercial information d. Intended delivery to the final consumer e. Traditional denominations (Article 1, para. 4 of t
Nanoparticles in Food and Cosmetics – Scientific and Legal Aspects journal article Andreas Meisterernst, Hannelore Daniel, Marion Thron European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 1 (2006), Issue 2, Page 9 Nanoparticles in Food and Cosmetics – Scientific and Legal Aspects I. What are Nanoparticles? Nanoparticles (NP) are small particles of about 100 nanometers (nm)1 or less. They are therefore considerably smaller than human cells e. g. red blood cells (approx. 7000 nm) and even than cell organelles as mitochondria (at least 500 nm) and much smaller than a human hair which is about 80 000 nm wide. The main difference to conventional material, often name
Editorial0106 journal article Andreas Meisterernst, Barbara Klaus European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 1 (2006), Issue 1, Page 2 EFFL 1|2006 Editorial 1 Editorial The idea to set up a European journal on food and feed law originated from a practical necessity. The free movement of goods should, in the European Union, actually no longer encounter difficulties. As far as international trade in food and feed is concerned, this, however, only applies to a limited extent. For, in practice, numerous trade hurdles still exist. Anyone for example, who has ever attempted to market iodic table sal
Editorial0406 journal article Andreas Meisterernst European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 1 (2006), Issue 4, Page 2 EFFL 4|2006 Editorial 191 Editorial “If the Regulation on health and nutrition claims and the Regulation on the addition of vitamins and minerals and certain other substances to foods comes into force, we will have finally solved all the open problems” said an EC official at a conference last year. There is a strong belief from officials and politicians, that more – and hopefully better – laws will lead to a higher level of consumer protection and to harmonisat