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Vanilla custard or custard with vanilla taste?

27 May 2019, Karin Verzijden In a recent decision of the Board of Appeal of the Dutch Advertising Code Committee (ACC), it was made clear that providing food information to consumers is serious business. The ACC in the Netherlands is a self-regulatory body, comparable to the Advertising Standards Authority in the UK and the German Advertising Standards Council (“Deutscher Werberat”)  […]

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Trends at Vitafoods … and what you should know if you decide to be part of it

13 May 2019, Karin Verzijden From 7 – 9 May 2019, the Vitafoods conference took place again in Geneva. For a few years in a row, I presented at the Education Program. This year I was asked to discuss the application of CBD in food products, which is currently a hot topic. Below, I will share the insight from my […]

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National MDR and IVDR implementation news – Netherlands implementation decree consultation

12 May 2019, Erik Vollebregt While nothing much comes out at EU level and member states seem to wait until the last moment with implementing legislation (because the people needed for that are caught up in the…

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National MDR and IVDR implementation news – Netherlands implementation decree consultation

12 May 2019, Erik Vollebregt

While nothing much comes out at EU level and member states seem to wait until the last moment with implementing legislation (because the people needed for that are caught up in the gridlocked Brussels MDR and IVDR implementation process as a result of structural under-resourcing of medical devices oversight) some member states are really on […]

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IVDR, in-house developed tests and the state of MDR/IVDR implementation

12 May 2019, Erik Vollebregt In several posts on this blog I have discussed the severe impact that the IVDR will have on the IVD industry selling in the EU (just click on IVDR in the tag…