Luis González Vaqué, Sebastián Romero Melchor

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 2, Page 7

High Noon: The Italians try to play solo the Health Claims game I. Introduction On November 27, 2009, the Italian Government notified a draft regulation on the use of substances other than vitamins and minerals in food supplements before the European Commission, pursuant to the procedure laid down in Article 19 of Directive 2000/13/EC1 on labelling, presentation and advertising of foodstuffs2. It seems timely and appropriate to devote this articl

Sebastián Romero Melchor, Liesbeth Timmermans

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 1, Page 6

As the transition period for health claims as provided under Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) 1924/2006 (hereinafter, “HCR”)1 is coming to an end, food business operators are exploring ways of maintaining their claims on the market. In this regard, one of the avenues being contemplated is relying on Article 10(3) HCR on references to general, non-specific benefits of the nutrient or food for overall good health or health-related wellbeing. This is esp

Luis González Vaqué, Sebastián Romero Melchor

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 1, Page 5

Wine Labelling: Future Perspectives I. Introduction The Commission’s proposal nearly covers all the aspects of the pre-cited common market organisation (CMO). Nevertheless, in the present paper we exclusively refer to the measures that are foreseen in the said document related to the labelling and, in this field, we will also briefly analyse the references made to the designations of origin and geographical indications of wines [which is dealt with in