EU PLAYS CATCH-UP IN TRYING TO REGULATE NUTRACEUTICALS
July 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN EUROPEAN Union (EU) legislation applying specifically to nutraceuticals, as opposed to its laws covering safety and health regarding foods of all kinds, is a relatively recent development. The first, and so far the only directly applicable legislation, is the so-called food supplements directive approved in June 2002 and numbered 2002/46/EC "on the approximation of the laws of member states relating to food supplements." Prior to this all legislation covering nutraceuticals was in the hands of the individual national governments and certain aspects ...
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