The Danish authorities consider the 281 botanicals, sold by a Danish company, not novel in food supplements. The Danish company has been selling the traditional botanicals on the Danish market since 1994. Initially, as organic and prepackaged foods containing preparations of these botanicals, and for the past 25 years, as…
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On the 13th of November, the General Court of the EU annulled the European Commission decision prohibiting preparations with hydroxyanthracene derivatives (HADs), which are naturally found in various plants such as aloe and rhubarb. [1] Regulation 2021/468 aimed to control botanical species that contain HADs through the article 8 procedure…
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In recent years, clear guidelines have been issued in Belgium and France to ensure the safety of volatile or essential oils in supplements. Plants produce volatile oils for several reasons, including protection from animal feeding, attracting pollinators and competition with other plants. These volatile and fragrant substances can be extracted…
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