04.07.05
Following a landmark challenge in the European Courts of Justice (ECJ) brought by the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) and Nutri-Link Ltd to the contentious Food Supplements Directive, which effectively proposed to ban 75% of vitamin and mineral forms, Advocate General Geelhoed, the senior adviser to the ECJ, gave his opinion in favor of the Alliance’s case. In short, this means the chances of consumers being able to continue using the natural food supplements they believe are beneficial to their health are now greatly increased.
In a statement released on April 5th, the Advocate General concluded that:
In a statement released on April 5th, the Advocate General concluded that:
- The Food Supplements Directive infringes the principle of proportionality because basic principles of Community law, such as the requirements of legal protection, of legal certainty and of sound administration have not properly been taken into account.
- It is therefore invalid under EU law.