The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has revised its proposals regarding maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in food supplements and fortified foods. Since there are still no binding maximum levels for vitamins and minerals, particularly at the European level, BfR repeatedly comments on health risks from food supplements and provides information on health problems that may be associated [...]
Supreme Constitutional Court from 03.03.2021, V 75-76/2019-15 – Pharmacy reservation is in conformity with the constitution. In the third application to the Constitutional Court by an Austrian drugstore chain to annul the pharmacy proviso on the grounds of interference with freedom of purchase and violation of the principle of equality, the court succeeded in obtaining a substantive decision. However, the application was rejected. As a brief reminder, the content of the first two applications was not processed because [...]
