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EFSA issues additional opinions on “functional food” health claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • European Union
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  • October 22 2010

In its ongoing review of food product health claims, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted 75 new opinions addressing 808 claims

Food marketing to youth discussed in Brussels

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • European Union, USA
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  • April 8 2011

According to public health lawyer and activist Michele Simon, who recently attended a meeting in Brussels "to address the problem of cross-border marketing of unhealthy food to children," the same types of issues confronting public health advocates in the United States confront their counterparts in Europe

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

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • European Union, Germany
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  • 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

IASO report criticizes industry pledge to reduce youth marketing

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • European Union
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  • September 28 2012

The International Association for the Study of Obesity (IASO) has released a report criticizing the food and beverage industry’s efforts to reduce marketing to children in the European Union