Feb 13, 2024 | a&r News, Regulatory
The demarcation between herbal medicinal products and supplements containing botanicals will be the subject of the “European Herbal Health Products Summit: Which Way Forward?” taking place in Brussels on February 20. Stakeholders from the nutritional and...
May 30, 2023 | Regulatory
As reported in a previous article, in order to clarify the novel food status of highly purified Curcuma extracts, the Italian Ministry of Health has consulted with the other Member States to gather more information on the significant use of curcuma extracts in...
Apr 28, 2022 | Regulatory
a&r was approved as a company engaged in research and development, and therefore received the approval for the research tax credit from the French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation. The Research Tax Credit (CIR) is a tax measure of...
Nov 26, 2021 | Regulatory
Two more novel foods will be added to the Annex of the Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470 with effect from 05/12/2021. One of the successful novel food applications concerns dried fruits of ‘synsepalum dulcificium’ known as miracle berry. As the name...
Oct 28, 2021 | Regulatory
The taste of liquorice divides society, you either love it or you can’t stand it. But regardless of that, liquorice contains two problematic ingredients which may have adverse effects on human health: salmiak as aroma component and the glycoside glycyrrhizin...
