Life Sciences

Unacceptable health claims for the reduction of skin wrinkles

OLG Stuttgart, judgment of 4.11.2021, 2 U 49/21 - Inadmissible health claims on the reduction of skin wrinkles Statements on the reduction of skin wrinkles in the advertising of a foodstuff are to be classified as specific health claims within the meaning of Art. 10 of Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council (so-called Health Claims Regulation) if the optical effect of a [...]

Misleading health-related advertising for a medical product

OLG Hamm, judgment of 21.4.2022, 4 U 39/22 - Misleading health-related advertising for a medical product. The so-called "strict principle" is applied to protect consumers not only in health-related advertising for pharmaceutical products, but also when medical products, which only have a physical effect and are not absorbed by the body (here: a wound dressing for absorbing and binding wound exudate), [...]

Questions of interpretation on the Novel Food Regulation - Topic Spermidine

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the LG Graz, Case C-141/22 - Questions of interpretation of the Novel Food Regulation / Subject Spermidine. The case concerns a food supplement containing spermidine, in which during the production of the product buckwheat seeds germinate into sprouts in a nutrient solution containing synthetic spermidine as hydroponics. After harvesting, the sprout is washed with water, dried and ground into sprout meal. Through [...]

Regulation on limits of monacolins from red mold rice published

Regulation (EU) 2022/860 - Regulation on limit quantities of monacolins from red mold rice published On 01.06.2022, Regulation (EU) 2022/860 amending Annex III to Regulation (EC) 1925/2006 was supplemented, and maximum quantities for monacolins from red mold rice were introduced. The regulation was long-awaited, the question of transition periods and the validity only for the production or also for [...]

Entwurf einer Novelle des Lebensmittelsicherheits- und Verbraucherschutzgesetzes (LMSVG)

Zurzeit wird ein Entwurf einer Novelle zum LMSVG im Parlament behandelt. Selbsternannter Zweck der Novelle ist zwar die Anpassung an unionsrechtliche Vorschriften, allerdings finden sich vereinzelt auch darüberhinausgehende Änderungen. Nennenswert ist insbesondere die Erweiterung des Maßnahmenkatalogs in § 39 LMSVG. Stellt die Behörde einen Verstoß gegen lebensmittelrechtliche Vorschriften fest, können mittels Bescheids (insbesondere) die in [...]

Novel Food: Neue Eintragungen in die Unionsliste

Drei neue Novel Food Eintragungen in die Unionsliste liegen vor: Die getrockneten Früchte von Synsapalum dulcificum, Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2017/2470 Gefrorener, getrockneter und pulverförmiger Locusta migratoria, Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2017/2470 3-Fucosyllactose (3-FL), Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2017/2470   Die vollständige Unionsliste finden Sie hier: Aufzählung aller zugelassenen neuartigen Lebensmittel (Es empfiehlt sich die konsolidierte Unionsliste zu öffnen, daher den [...]

Erstes deutsches OLG legt dem EuGH die Frage der Auslegung des medizinisch bedingten Nährstoffbedarfs bei FSMP vor

OLG Düsseldorf, 28.06.2021 – I-20 U 178/20 Es war eine Frage der Zeit, bis dem EuGH die Frage des medizinisch bedingten Nährstoffbedarfs im Sinne der delegierten Verordnung über Lebensmittel für besondere medizinische Zwecke vorgelegt wird. Nachdem soweit überblickbar drei deutsche OLGs sich gegen die Rechtsansicht des BGH mit einem weiten Verständnis des medizinisch bedingten Nährstoffbedarfs [...]

Questions and answers about the health risks of hemp-containing foods.

Publication of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) - July 16, 2021 Since in many cases Austrian authorities also rely on assessments by German authorities and institutions, we would like to draw your attention to the publication "Questions and Answers on the Health Risks of Foods Containing Hemp" by the German BfR. The document contains many important questions. Here you can find the treated questionnaire: [...]

Prohibition of the Marketing of a Hemp Seed Oil containing cannabidiol Hemp Aroma Extract

OVG Lüneburg, decision of 4.2.2021, 13 ME 545/20 - Prohibition of the marketing of a hemp seed oil with cannabidiol-containing hemp flavor extract "A product is not to be regarded as an "aroma" or "aroma extract" if it itself has a particular odor and/or flavor, or if it can impart or modify a particular odor and/or flavor to food. Rather, what is required is that the [...]

New ECJ ruling: indication of intended use & precautions for use of cosmetic products

ECJ, Judgment of 17.12.2020, C-667/19 - Intended use of a cosmetic product and information on special precautions for use - Consumer language and product catalog The decision is based on the case of an owner of a Polish beauty salon who purchased American cosmetic products from a sales representative, on the packaging of which the intended use did not appear. Instead, there was a symbol depicting a [...]