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Germany seeks stricter nanomaterial reporting rules under REACH

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • May 10 2013

German safety regulators have apparently sought a major nanotechnologyrelated revision of the European Union's Registration, Evaluation

German farms caught up in alleged organic egg fraud

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 1 2013

According to media sources, German officials have apparently launched an investigation into more than 160 farms accused of flouting the standards

German antitrust regulator fines chocolatiers over illegal price-fixing cartel

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 1 2013

According to a news source, Germany's Federal Cartel Office (BKA) has imposed 60 million (US$81.4 million) in fines against 11 chocolate and

Lindt and Haribo spar over gold-bears and teddies

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • November 16 2012

Lindt & Spruengli AG is once again facing trademark litigation over its goldwrapped chocolate candy, this time for its “Teddy,” which Haribo GmbH claims infringes its “Gold-Bears” multi-colored gummy bears product

European Court of Justice decides winemaker cannot label product as “wholesome”

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • September 14 2012

A European Court of Justice panel has determined that a German winemaker may not, under European Union law, place labels on its bottles including the word bekömmlich (meaning digestible, wholesome or nourishing

German court refuses to stop sale of rival capsules compatible with Nestlé coffee machines

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • August 24 2012

According to news sources, the Dusseldorf Regional Court has refused a request for preliminary injunction filed by Nestlé seeking to stop competitors from selling capsules that fit its Nespresso coffee makers in Germany

German authorities eye bean sprouts in deadly E. Coli outbreak

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany, USA
  • -
  • June 10 2011

German authorities have finally narrowed the field of suspects in an E. Coli outbreak affecting Europe, where a reported 31 people have died from a rare strain of the disease

German authorities conclude nanomaterials cannot be classified as human carcinogens

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • March 24 2011

The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have reportedly concluded that while several animal studies have shown that some nanomaterials could cause cancer, scientific data are insufficient to allow these materials to be classified as human carcinogens

Germany approves feed safety measures

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • Germany
  • -
  • February 11 2011

The German Cabinet has reportedly approved an action plan proposed by Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner that incorporates "tighter rules for dioxin checks into the Food and Feed Code (LFGB)" and proposes several statutory changes to feed production regulations

EU threatens regulation to assuage dioxin fears

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • European Union, Germany
  • -
  • January 14 2011

The European Commission (EC) has reportedly threatened to regulate the animal feed industry after dioxin-tainted eggs from Germany triggered a widespread investigation involving poultry and pork farms across the region