EU-28: The Skinny on New EU Rules for Weight Loss Products

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New EU rules for "total diet replacement for weight control" will become applicable on October 27, 2022. Commission Delegated Regulation 2017/1798 sets out specific compositional and labeling requirements as well as a notification procedure under which food business operators are required to send copies of their product labels to the competent authority of each Member State where the product will be marketed.

EU-28: The Skinny on New EU Rules for Weight Loss Products

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