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Nothing left to hide? Status quo on Dutch bill permitting active disclosure of food safety inspection results

09 Dec 2016, Karin Verzijden Recently, an amendment to the Dutch Health Act (Gezondheidswet) was voted in Dutch Parliament, allowing the Dutch Food Safety Authority (Nederlandse Voedsel en Warenautoriteit or NVWA) to actively disclose its inspection results….

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Cross sector innovations and legal loopholes

08 Dec 2016, Karin Verzijden On 24 November last, the Dutch Life Sciences Conference took place in Leiden, the Netherlands. This conference brings together a large number of life sciences professionals from the Netherlands and abroad. One…

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Anniversary Party Photos

18 Oct 2016, Carine van den Brink

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The MDR – where are we now?

17 Oct 2016, There seem to be a lot of misunderstandings in the market about the current status of the MDR. Some think it’s finished (it’s not, at least not formally) and there is a…

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Enforcement measures regarding borderline products

17 Oct 2016, Karin Verzijden As observed in an earlier post, the boundaries between food products and medicinal products are sometimes blurred. However, the qualification of a product as either one or the other may have huge…

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Organic certification of mirco-algae

22 Sep 2016, Karin Verzijden Micro-algae enjoy an increased interest, for instance as an alternative source of protein. Manufacturers of this type of algae experience that there is a high demand for organicly grown micro-algae. For quite a long time, it was not clear what standards are applicable to the organic production of micro-algae. Recently, new EU legislation was published, which clarifies those conditions. However, practical issues remain unresolved. Together with the Dutch micro-algae manufacturer Nutress,

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Autumn College on EU Food Law

22 Sep 2016, Karin Verzijden This year is the 4th edition of a 2-days seminar on two particular topics of EU Food Law, notably health claims and food information. Karin created this event, together with Lexxion, in…

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Software MEDDEV ‘updated’

26 Jul 2016, Erik Vollebregt The Commission issued an updated version of the MEDDEV 2.1/6 regarding standalone software on 15 July. After all the rumors around the difficult discussions surrounding the revision process I was very curious…

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Life Sciences @ Work Venture Challenge interviewt Carine van den Brink

19 Jul 2016, Carine van den Brink Carine van den Brink, vanaf het begin juryvoorzitter kijkt terug op 15 Venture Challenge edities en geeft advies voor toekomstig Venture Challenge teams.