Food Law Consult Posts

Plant-based egg pioneer Eat Just’s ingredient mung bean protein has received Novel Food approval from the European Commission. The Commission’s finding follows an earlier determination by the European Food Safety Authority that mung bean protein is safe under novel food requirements. It is the first novel legume protein to earn…

A list of 55 plants of the Belgian Royal Plants Decree whose novel food status was questioned by the Belgian Authorities has been reduced to 34 plants. The Belgian Authorities questioned the novel food status of 55 plant species, which are on List 3 of the Belgian Royal Plants Decree.…

The Belgian Ministry has warned all food business operators, that the review of the notified labels will become more stringent. The authorities point to article Article 2, §2, point j of Regulation 1169/2011 to emphasize that the label should include “any words, particulars, trademarks, brand name, pictorial matter or symbol…