Corporate Services : Food Policy & EU Regulatory Affairs
ECCO’s reputation is built upon a genuine experience in the food sector and a solid competence in EU food regulatory affairs.
We pride ourselves on providing a flexible, cost-effective service, tailored to suit your food/ingredient business needs and to help achieve business objectives.
With a tight firewall between clients and a culture of respect and confidentiality, corporate clients trust us with their business needs.
- Simplifying food policy and its application to a specific food/ingredient
- Monitoring EU legislative developments in the food sector
- Intelligence gathering to navigate the EU regulatory maze
- Information materials (PPTs, memos..) for internal corporate use
- Training for corporate regulatory affairs staff
Examples
- Policy tracking & reporting on the development of the new legislative framework for Foods for Special Groups
- Presentation on the impact of the new novel foods legislation
- Monitoring the comitology process for the authorisation of a food additive
- Training on the Codex Committee on Food Additives (CCFA)
- Interpretation of EU legislation and in-depth analysis of potential impact on a given sector/product
- Strategic guidance on the optimum regulatory approach for a food/ingredient
- Development of application dossiers to bring new ingredients to the EU market
- Drafting petitions to Codex (CCFA)
Examples
- Assessment of the potential business impact of the new legislative framework for Foods for Special Groups
- Assisting companies in the development of a harmonised strategy for the placing on the market of a health claim
- Preparation, submission and follow-up of application dossier for extension of use of a food additive in a given food category
- Establishment of ad-hoc corporate platforms in accordance with anti-trust rules
- Organisation of trade missions for groups of interested businesses
Examples
- Setting up platform of interested businesses to coordinate the submission of data to the European Commission /EFSA (re-evaluation of food additives)
- Setting up platform of interested businesses to coordinate the organisation of a technical event
- Ensuring anti-trust compliance at a meeting with delegates from several competitor companies
