Trainings on food, feed and cosmetics legislation
Continuous competence development is essential in a rapidly changing operating environment. Medfiles provides high-quality and timely training for companies in the food, feed and cosmetics sectors. Choose from the following ready-made training packages or ask for training tailored specifically to your team or company on any subject related to the regulatory field of food, feed or cosmetics.
READY-MADE TRAINING PACKAGES
Mandatory labelling requirements of Food Information Regulation 1169/2011
The training provides basic information on labelling requirements for both pre-packaged and unpackaged foods. In the training we will cover, for example, the following issues:
- Who is responsible for labelling
- Name of food
- Ingredient list and allergens
- Indication of the amount of the ingredient (according to the QUID principle)
- Authorised food additives and flavourings
- Nutrition declaration
- Warning labels required by certain ingredients (such as caffeine or sweeteners)
- Contact information for food business operator
- Best before or expiration date
- Misleading food information
Nutrition and health claims
Nutrition and health claims are voluntary information about food in labelling, presentation and marketing materials. The purpose of the training is to provide a basic understanding of the use of nutrition and health claims and their conditions of use in food. In the training we will cover, for example, the following issues:
- What is a nutrition claim?
- What is a health claim?
- How do you know which claims have been authorised?
- Conditions for the use of nutrition and health claims
- Flexible wording and nonspecific nutrition and health claims
Product development
Practical training on verifying the compliance of recipe ingredients and their quantities, as well as raw material specifications. In the training we will cover, for example, the following issues:
- Safety of ingredients used in food
- Legislative requirements for raw materials and specification review
- Microbiological limit values
- Heavy metals
- Allowed food additives and flavourings in different food product categories
- Checking the novel food status of ingredients
- Allowed chemical forms and quantities of vitamins and minerals to be added
Tailored trainings
If you need a specific type of training, we will be happy to make an offer on the desired topic. The subject area can be on any issue concerning the regulatory sphere of food and feed.
Example topics for the food side:
- Checking the compliance of food or food supplements
- Drafting labelling of food or food supplements
- Food additives, food flavourings and enzymes
- Fortificating food with vitamins and minerals
- Novel foods
- Nutrition and health claims
- Food for special groups (e.g. infant formulas and FSMPs)
- Food Contact Materials
Example topics for the feed side:
- Checking the compliance of feed
- Drawing up labelling of feed
- Animal feed, feed materials and feed additives
- Feed Marketing Claims
Example topics for the cosmetic side:
- Drawing up labelling of cosmetics
- Cosmetics marketing claims
Team
Our Food & Feed and Cosmetics team has long and extensive experience in the legislation, registration and marketing of food, dietary supplements and feed, including various innovations from completely new sources. Our expert team of 11 people consists of regulatory experts, nutrition and food sciences, and toxicology. In addition to traditional foods, our team also has extensive experience and expertise in the legislation of alcohols, feed and cosmetics.
