Food Law News - EU - 2015
Council Minutes, 10 November 2015
CASEINS - Council adopts Directive on caseins intended for human consumption
The following is an extract from the minutes of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council Meeting:
The Council adopted a directive approximating the member states' laws relating to caseins and caseinates intended for human consumption [see: PE-CONS 37/15].
The directive is aimed at:
- aligning the provisions conferring implementing powers on the Commission with the rules introduced by the Lisbon Treaty;
- aligning the compositional requirements of caseins and caseinates with the relevant Codex Alimentarius standard;
- updating the provisions applicable to caseins