Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2015

Council Minutes, 10 November 2015

CASEINS - Council adopts Directive on caseins intended for human consumption

The following is an extract from the minutes of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting:

The Council adopted a directive approximating the member states' laws relating to caseins and caseinates intended for human consumption [see: PE-CONS 37/15].

The directive is aimed at:

• aligning the provisions conferring implementing powers on the Commission with the rules introduced by the Lisbon Treaty;
• aligning the compositional requirements of caseins and caseinates with the relevant Codex Alimentarius standard;
• updating the provisions applicable to caseins