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After about 20 months of working and waiting, Food Law Consult could finally deliver the good news to Zenko Superfoods, a Belgian-owned healthy snack company.[1] On 20 March 2023, the European Commission published the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/652, authorizing the placing on the market of roasted and popped kernels from…

The French authorities have authorized the term “probiotic” on food supplements. The approved definition of probiotics is: “Living microorganisms, which, when consumed in adequate quantities, have a beneficial effect on the health of the host by contributing to the balance of the intestinal flora.” The authorization limits the use of…

The Belgian authorities notified an amending draft decree for the Royal Decree on Botanicals [1]. They will implement several important changes to the lists in the annex of the Decree. Most importantly, several plants and parts deemed novel will be removed from the list of plants authorized in food supplements…