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Karin Verzijden
In the beginning of the new calendar year, people tend to stick to new year’s resolutions, such as eating healthier. In supermarkets and other stores choosing healthy/ sustainable products is made easy…
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Karin Verzijden
Shock and awe: they did it! A few days after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, many sectors are investigating the consequences thereof for the services and products concerned….
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Karin Verzijden
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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Karin Verzijden
Some food supplements claim to help the consumer to lose weight and achieve the ideal bodyweight by consuming the product. Sounds too good to be true? Then this post is of interest…
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Karin Verzijden
Initiatives to reduce food waste This article provides an overview of both the French and Dutch national legal framework for food donation and the initiatives undertaken to decrease food waste. One third…
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Carine van den Brink
This seminar focussed on the economical, societal and commercial impact of alternative sources of protein and on its legal implications. You can download the presentations: Karin Verzijden & Sofie van der Meulen…
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Karin Verzijden
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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Karin Verzijden
Recent research from the Erasmus medical centre (Netherlands, Rotterdam) suggests that certain medicines might be taken up better by patients when administered with Coca Cola instead of water. In short, the researchers…
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Karin Verzijden
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…