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• FSD, Minimum and Maximum Permitted Levels
  The Commission ‘Discussion Paper on the Setting of Maximum and Minimum amounts for Vitamins and Minerals in Foodstuffs’ has been published.
  
  
  The paper sets out the regulatory background to setting the levels and presents various questions on which the Commission is seeking comments. The paper also provides models of current risk management approaches in France and Denmark, and risk management approaches developed by BfR (Germany), ILSI, and ERNA- EHPM:
  Discussion Paper on the setting of maximum and minimum amounts for vitamins and minerals in foodstuffs.
  

• Notification for Food Supplements
  Notification of Food Supplements is a statutory requirement under the Commission Directive 2002/46/EC as transposed by S.I. No. 539 of 2003, which cover the enforcement of food legislation in the area of food supplements. This form may be used to notify the Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) when a food supplement is placed on the Irish market for the first time. The duty to notify falls on the manufacturer if the product is manufactured in Ireland and on the importer if the product is imported into Ireland . A separate form is required for each product and in the case of reformulation (i.e. ingredients/ingredient levels) or changes in claims.

  Check the FSAI web site www.fsai.ie for forms and up dated dossier submission listing.
  

• Nutritional and Health Claims in foods.
  Regulation EC No 1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods came into force on 19th January 2007 and will apply from 1st July 2007. Foods placed on the market or labelled prior to 1st July 2007 which do not comply with the requirements of this Regulation may be marketed until their expiry date but not later than 31st July 2009 . With regard to nutrient profiles, foods may be marketed until 12 months following the adoption of the relevant nutrient profiles and their conditions of use.
  
  In addition, health claims describing or referring to the role of a nutrient or other substance in the growth, development and the functions of the body may be made from 19th January 2007 until the adoption of the list of health claims referred to in Article 13(3), under the responsibility of the food business operator, provided that they comply with this Regulation. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland will be compiling the Irish list of Article 13 claims. This has immediate implications for Irish food business operators (FBOs) who make claims about their food products and who wish to continue to use these claims. These FBOs must ensure that their claim, and all relevant scientific substantiation and information for its use, is submitted to the FSAI before 28th September 2007. Check www.fsai.ie
  
  Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods.

• August 2005
  IHTA position paper on the Definition of a Medicinal Product
  
  

• February 2005
  EU sets maximum levels of PAHs in food
  
  

• September 2004:
  Following negative BB2's Horizon documentary, The Truth about Vitamins 16th September.
  HFMA prepared response

• April 2004:
  Directive 2004/27 on the Code of Medicine was published on the 30th April in the EU Official Journal.
  
  Directive 2004/24 on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products was published on the 30th of April in the EU official Journal.

• Summary THMPD

• February 2004:
  Report by Council Secretariat to the EU Working Party on Foodstuffs on Health Claims Regulation.