Advises to the European Commission

• The European Principle of the “Home Authority”
  The principle of the home authority has been designed to promote co-operation and mutual respect between food law enforcement practitioners throughout European Economic Area. Its implementation should help to minimise food hazards, increase the efficiency of enforcement and provide an effective mechanism to assist in resolving trans-border complaints and investigations. It is applicable to food enforcement authorities whether they are located at state, regional or local level. Read on ...
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• What can we learn from the Belgian Dioxin case?
  On April 26, the first results demonstrated high dioxin contamination. These results were performed in an institute which was formerly completely governmental and is now half privatized. The analyses were done for a private customer, thus giving the laboratory not the possibility to inform the government officially. Read on ...
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• Proposals for the EU concerning food supplements
  Why do we need a regulation: The consumer assumes that the nutrition with normal food is not sufficient. The consumer is influenced through public educational campaigns, promotional activities of manufacturers, mail-order business, the mass media and the internet. Misleading advertising causes anxiety. Just in Germany there is an increase in turnover to about 2 billions of marks. Read on ...
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