Clear knowledge of mutual recognition could ensure EU-wide access for food products
28 September 2009
Food companies marketing products containing ingredients not harmonised in the European Union (EU) could use the new mutual recognition Regulation to help ensure access to all EU markets, international food and nutrition regulatory consultancy EAS has said.
Leading a workshop last week on how to apply the EU’s new mutual recognition Regulation in food law, EAS experts Patrick Coppens and Elodie Lebastard demonstrated how essential it is for companies to understand and apply mutual recognition when marketing their food and nutritional products across the 27 Member States of the EU.
The workshop, which took place in Brussels on 17 September, covered the practical applications of the principle of mutual recognition, with Coppens and Lebastard giving guidance on the rights and procedures for the food sector according to the new mutual recognition Regulation, on what is harmonised and what is not, on how to apply mutual recognition in borderline case as well as ways of making complaints, and explaining the mandatory rules with which all EU Member States must comply.
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