horak Attorneys at law

How each packet legally counts: sweet rules

Candy Packages & Indication of number: how each packet legally counts If a package of sweets contains several individual packets, the number of packets must be recognizable to the end consumer. The OVG Rhineland-Palatinate ruled that this is not to be considered a „meaningless“ information (Urt. v. 02.11.2021, Az. 6 A 10695/21.OVG). A package of […]

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Nutri Scores: no more errors

Food labelling – no more errors Are you planning to label your own product and starting trading it? Have you heard about trend statements? origin and organic labelling? or what about Nutri-Scores? Today we would like to talk to you about this latter. The Nutri-Score provides a quick orientation as to which foods have the

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Food Safety, Animal and Plants Health: Goals of the European Union

Food Safety, Animal and Plants Health: Goals of the European Union The European Commission declares that they are aiming to assure a high level of food safety and animal & plant health within the EU. This will take place through the help of coherent  measures and adequate monitoring. As the https://ec.europa.eu/food/index_de declares: „The implementation of this

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Does Germany stop the „detox“ products trend?

The „Detox“ magic word is just advertisement and is not legal! It is always tempting for manufacturers and traders to advertise food with positive effects on the health and psyche of the consumers and the best example of this marketing trick is the „detox“ certificate. Unfortunately the „detox“ denomination in relation to food and foodstuff

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German agricultural law

The agricultural and farming legislations involve, apart from a bundle of European statutory requirements, a variety of individual areas of law that are connected with farming law. In our law firm, we are experts in company successions cases related to agricultural matters; additionally, we manage special provisions in the agricultural production and the subsequently distribution.

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Food law in Germany an Europe

horak Attorneys at Law advises and represents clients in all legal matters relating to the production or sale of food/cosmetics and consumer goods. In addition to classical national and European food law, this legal practice also includes international food law as well as special matters such as due diligence obligations under food law, reporting obligations

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Corona Pandemic and Company Council Meetings

In times of corona, every action we were actually taking without thinking has become an open question. This is the case of an employer (a German company operating in the field of clinical rehabilitation) and the group works council (in German Konzernbetriebsratsitzung) of its company. The Case:  The employer has temporarily prohibited all employees from

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Your rights in a Criminal Investigation.

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