November 2021

Preliminary ruling of the CJEU on the nutrition declaration required under the Food Information Regulation

The Food Information Regulation ("FIR") establishes the rules for the (basic) labelling of food in the European Union. A nutrition declaration, among other things, is mandatory.

Frozen, dried and powder forms of Locusta migratoria as a novel food

On 12 November 2021, the European Commission authorised the placing on the market of frozen, dried and powder forms of Locusta migratoria (migratory locust) as a novel food.