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Nothing left to hide? Status quo on Dutch bill permitting active disclosure of food safety inspection results

Recently, an amendment to the Dutch Health Act (Gezondheidswet) was voted in Dutch Parliament, allowing the Dutch Food Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel en Warenautoriteit or NVWA) to actively disclose its inspection results….

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All you wanted to know about organic food in the EU

This contribution aims to provide you with a brief overview of the EU Organic legislation and recent developments. Being able to market products as ‘organic’ could be a plus for the food…

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Novel Foods – the final verdict?

The heat was on today in the European Parliament (EP).  The reason for that was that the new Novel Foods Regulation was put to vote in a plenary session. In the debate…

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180 fold higher fines in Dutch Commodities Act

On 11 September 2015 new legislation amending the current Commodities Act (in Dutch: Warenwet), partly entered into force. Under the new legislation the maximum administrative fine to be imposed on Food Business…

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Who Does Not Want To Have A Healthy Breakfast?

The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) has been pretty active this Summer. Following up on previous enforcement reports on nutrition claims,  it recently published such enforcement report re. both…

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The Vegetarian Butcher – or how to protect the goodwill vested in your trademark

Securing proteins from alternative sources than meat or fish is nowadays a topic in the centre of the debate. The Dutch Vegetarian Butcher has found a solution for this challenge by manufacturing…

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Untraceable = unsafe?

Dutch slaughterhouse Van Hattem suffering severe blow This week the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal, (in Dutch: College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven) rendered its judgment (interim injunction) in the lawsuit that…

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Axon Seminar Medical Software & Apps 16 October 2013

This seminar addressed how to develop compliant medical software and how to prepare for increased scrutiny by the authorities. Speakers and their presentations: Robert Houtenbos, mHealth consultant How to design medical software…

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Healthcare software enforcement alert

If you are active in the medical software field in the Netherlands you may probably be aware already that the the Dutch healthcare Inspectorate IGZ has announced that it will rigorously enforce…

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