Health Claims on Botanical Food Supplements: and if Italy had been showing “the Way to go” for the entire Community? journal article Jean Savigny European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 5 (2010), Issue 4, Page 222 - 226 The peculiar situation created by the co-existence of the Italian legislation on food supplements and the Community legislation on nutrition and health claims, when applied in Italy to food supplements characterised by the presence of plants or plants extracts, is continuing to provoke controversy between the Community institutions. In this article we join those scholars who have already advocated the legality of the Italian draft legislation.
Risk Communication to the Public- Responsibilities to Stakeholders journal article Jean Savigny, Leticia Lizardo European Food and Feed Law Review, Volume 3 (2008), Issue 6, Page 11 I. Introduction The cornerstone of European Union (EU) food policy is to assure a high level of protection of human health and consumers’ interest. In order to achieve this, one of the general principles of food law requires that food measures should be based on a risk analysis, except when this is not appropriate to the circumstances or the nature of the measures.1 This analysis is intended to make sure that food safety measures do not turn into unju
‘Meat me in Italy’: The Italian Ban on Meat-Sounding Names and Cell-Cultured Meat Francesco Planchenstainer