EFFL - European Food and Feed Law Review

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Kerstin Frohnwieser, Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 8 (2013), Issue 5, Page 329 - 337

On 20 December 2006, the European Parliament and the Council of the EuropeanUnion adopted the “Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on food” (OJ L 18.1.2007, L 12/3) on the understanding that such information should be scientifically sound in the future.

Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 7 (2012), Issue 2, Page 62 - 73

Advertising Ban Violates the Law of the European Union

The so called “nutrient profiles” are still under discussion (in the versions of an undated draft and a draft of 17.3.2009 at the latest concerning a Commission Regulation (EC) “establishing nutrient profiles provided for in Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council” 1). The author is assuming that the advertising ban that the use of nutrient profiles entails is not consistent with Art. 11 of the European Charter of Fundamental Rights, read in conjunction with Art. 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and in this respect violates the law of the European Union.

Walther Michl, Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 7 (2012), Issue 6, Page 322 - 327

Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002 as a Blockade to Broader Provisions on Consumer Warnings in the Member States

Litigation presently taking place in Bavaria, Germany is a prime example of the problems faced by legislation that supplements EU Regulations. Rotten meat (“Gammelfleisch”, German) was discovered in large quantities at a well-known producer of meat, which according to the tests conducted by the German authorities was unfit for human consumption, in some cases disgusting, but on no account posed a health risk.

Marion Thron, Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 4 (2009), Issue 2, Page 11

Health Claims under Regulation 1924/2006 I. Legal framework conditions 1. Overview Following protracted and difficult discussions among the individual EU Member States and the European institutions, the Health Claims Regulation No. 1924/2006 was published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJ L 404), initially in an incorrect version (demonstrating the technical inadequacies of all participants in the legislative process), and subsequently in the

Barbara Klaus, Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 6, Page 6

I. Preliminary observations and circumstances of the case In the case involving Lidl Italia, the question was who can be made responsible under criminal and administrative Law if the particulars of the label of a pre-packed foodstuff are not correct. In the initial case, the indication of the alcoholic strength by volume of a herbal liqueur denominated with “Amaro alle erbe” marketed by Lidl Italia did not match the value established by the analysis c

Alfred Hagen Meyer

European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 1 (2006), Issue 3, Page 8

I. Introduction A “Risk” is thereby the function of the probability of an adverse health effect and the severity of that effect, consequential to a hazard.1 The term hazard is generally used in a further sense and describes each product or procedure, which can have a detrimental effect on human health.2 A legal definition of “hazard” is included under Art. 3 No. 14 Regulation (EC) No. 178/2002; accordingly, a “hazard” is a biological, chemical or

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