Legislation

General information about claims regulation can be found at Claims about fats. Visit www.mvo.nl/voeding-en-gezondheid/wetgeving/ for other information about legislation (in Dutch). This provides information about labelling, permitted additives, the addition of micronutrients etc. An overview of the current Netherlands and EU legislation with reference to the subjects named can be found in this section of the website. For questions about these topics, please contact Janneke van der Bijl (phone 0031 – 70 3195159).

The product board is represented on various consultation panels where future legislation concerning the above-named subjects is discussed and contributes there where possible to the development of practically applicable legislation. Current subjects, including proposals for changes to European or Netherlands legislation, are classified per subject and saved in the folder dossiers (in Dutch). A password and login code is required to access information from a dossier. If you do not have these they can be requested from Jolanda Van Roon (tel. +31 (0)70-3195171).