European Council Calls For Centralized Food Supplement Authorizations
Executive Summary
An “optional centralized notification procedure and a single register" that would mean “registered food supplements could be placed anywhere on the Union market,” is among the wide-ranging reforms proposed by the Portugese Presidency of the Council of the European Union in a recent report.
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