Program:

14:00– 15:00    Regulatory update PART I

EU by Livia Menichetti, Director General EHPM

EU

• Art 8 R EU 1925/2006: state of play
  • HAD (Hydroxyanthracene Derivatives)
  • RYR (Red Yeast Rice)
  • Green tea catechines
  • Who will be the next potential ingredients under article 8?
• Pirrolizidine Alcaloïds
• Probiotics
• Botanical claims on hold: the working document of the EU COM has been published – Analysis and way forward
• Additives for infants and young children
• Microplastics
• CBD
• Q&A with Livia Menichetti

15:00-15:15   break

Belgium by Valerie Vercammen, Secretary General be-sup

15:15-16:15   Regulatory update PART II

Belgium

• Problems with notification of food supplements:
  • New notification procedure
  • Problems with product names, classification as “medicine by presentation”…
• Food supplements with curcuminoids: “ad hoc” working group be-sup
• Towards an adapted safety assessment for botanicals

16:15-17:00 Questions