Always up to date with Food Law Guide.
The food industry is bound by laws and regulations. Based on norms and standards, you must have a system in place to demonstrably stay abreast of applicable legislation. Changes occur regularly and the quality manager is expected to be demonstrably compliant at all times.
How do you stay informed and not miss a single change? You'll find the answers in our Food Law Guide.
The benefits for our customers.
- Convenient online database: all European and national legislation and publications on food and food safety in one place.
- Alert service: weekly direct links to recent changes.
- Company-specific profile: easily set up for your practice.
- Editorial explanation: brief and clear description for each law and by amendment.
- Unlimited user access: multiple users, each with their own login.
- Quarterly reports: all changes and practical consequences worked out in a clear report.
- Compliant for client or auditor: immediately demonstrable during audits.
- Helpdesk: ask unlimited questions to our regulatory affairs specialists.
Our subscriptions.
Choose the subscription that suits you:
| Informed! | Most chosen,Explained! | Guided! | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear database of EU and national legislation and publications | |||
| Modular construction in EU, BE and/or NL | |||
| Unlimited user access | |||
| Weekly notification service | |||
| Company-specific profile | |||
| Editorial commentary | |||
| Intake for setting up the system | |||
| Unlimited use regulatory affairs help desk | |||
| Customized quarterly reports |
Frequently asked questions.
The Food Law Guide saves significant time by giving you the law changes in one central location.
The option of a company-specific profile allows you to see only the changes that apply to your company.
And, in the case of the Explained! and Guided! subscription, you'll read a concise summary so you don't have to read through the entire legal text.
With Informed! you stay up to date with relevant changes quickly and easily by using a company-specific profile. The laws are categorized in such a way that you can easily assess which laws to add to your profile.
Based on the profile, you will stay up to date on all official law changes relevant to you.
Informed! also offers the ability to consult overviews over a period of time.
Explained! is our most frequently chosen subscription. Being aware of legislation is one thing, but what do the changes mean? Each change in the law is accompanied by a brief explanation, so you don't have to go through the legal text. This saves you time and allows you to anticipate quickly in your business.
With Guided! you are completely unburdened. At the start of the subscription, our consultant visits your company. The intake provides an analysis on raw materials, processes and end products for an optimal design of your profile.
You will receive practical advice tailored to your business 4 times a year on the implementation of legislative changes.
In addition, do you have questions about the interpretation of legislation? Ask all your questions at our regulatory affairs help desk.
This is certainly possible. If you have a need for this, we can create login credentials for multiple people when you sign up.
This allows you and your colleagues to review and keep track of law changes in the Food Law Guide.
Our editors maintain the following sources on a daily basis:
- European legislation,
- National NL legislation, Official Gazette, Government Gazette, Parliamentary Questions, Parliamentary Papers, NVWA notices and info sheets,
- National BE legislation, Royal decrees, Ministerial decrees, other decrees and orders, FASFC circulars and opinions,
- Case law and
- Practice sheets.
So, in addition to new laws and legislative changes, you will also find, for example, Regulatory Consultation Commodities Act reports, Legal Rulings and Protected Designations of Origin in the Food Law Guide.
In each notice you will read the title, the effective date, the link to the official announcement, and in the case of Explained! or Guided! our clear, concise explanation.
The subscription can be expanded to include national Belgian legislation in addition to European and Dutch legislation.
Official sources are updated daily by our editors, and new and amended laws and relevant notices are added to the system. The editors write a clear, concise explanation of each Food Law Guide post.
Our editorial team consists of experienced regulatory affairs professionals who also prepare the quarterly reports for our subscribers. They are also the ones who are there for you when you use the help desk.
Because we have organized the laws into main and subgroups, this is very easy. When you click on the applicable groups, you immediately have those relevant laws selected.
You can update your profile indefinitely when, for example, a change in raw materials, products or processes occurs. After you set the profile, the Food Law Guide selects the law changes relevant to you.
You can find these quickly and easily under the "My relevant laws" button.
Email foodlawguide@precongroup.com or call +31 (0)30 65 66 010 in the Netherlands and +32 (0)11 26 99 07 in Belgium.
It is possible in the Food Law Guide to export overviews at the touch of a button, for example as a PDF file.
Useful when you want to discuss some messages with your colleagues during your monthly QA meeting. Or if you want to circulate these messages within your organization.
Need help with safe & fair products?
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