Mutual recognition rules have been confirmed by the European Union, a move that can benefit food and supplements manufacturers seeking to trade products across the bloc’s 27 member states.
The European Botanical Forum (EBF) has welcomed the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) judgement against Spain for not applying the principle of mutual recognition in its policy on botanical food supplements.
Adding nutrients such as some herbal extracts, omega-3s, probiotics, glucosamine and more to the Food Supplements Directive (FSD) is impractical and unworkable, the European Commission has stated.
Although too early to access the direct benefits of the recently adopted Mutual Recognition Regulation, the health products industry says that officials and its members alike will see major benefits from the legislation.
A European Commission proposal for a Mutual Recognition Regulation
will ease trade barriers across the bloc for food supplements
makers, according to a European Commission official.