EU Commission to ditch dietetic foods category
21/6/2011
The general rules on dietetic foods look as though they will be abolished following the EU Commission’s adoption of a new draft regulation.
The proposed regulation will repeal directive 2009/39/EC, the legislative framework currently in place for dietetic foods and which the Commission claims has become ‘unnecessary and confusing’.
The proposal will be now submitted to the European Parliament and the Council. If these institutions reach an agreement on the proposal the new regulation could be in force by the end of 2012. More ...
Author: Greer Deal, Director of Global Regulatory Services (GRS)