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Legislation does not contain definitions for plants with healing properties and their extracts, despite they have been known for millennia. Even if industrialization and synthetic compounds eclipsed the beneficial role of plants and products thereof, in the last years, their importance has been rediscovered. The development of the sector, however, can be hindered by a fragmented and incomplete legislation. The objective of BEETROOT is in its title: “Building a comprehensive regulatory framework for plants with healing properties and botanicals, used as food, to boost public health”. The research activities aim at overcoming the regulatory issues that can limit the sector of plants with beneficial properties (like beetroot) and their compounds, from primary production to the placing on the market of final products, paying due attention to the theme of information to consumers.
Legislation does not contain definitions for plants with healing properties and their extracts, despite they have been known for millennia. Even if industrialization and synthetic compounds eclipsed the beneficial role of plants and products thereof, in the last years, their importance has been rediscovered. The development of the sector, however, can be hindered by a fragmented and incomplete legislation. The objective of BEETROOT is in its title: “Building a comprehensive regulatory framework for plants with healing properties and botanicals, used as food, to boost public health”. The research activities aim at overcoming the regulatory issues that can limit the sector of plants with beneficial properties (like beetroot) and their compounds, from primary production to the placing on the market of final products, paying due attention to the theme of information to consumers.
IN A NUTSHELL
IN A NUTSHELL
Finding definitions for better legislation
Finding definitions for better legislation
Identifying definitions related to plants with healing and beneficial properties: medicinal plants, botanicals, superfood, nutraceutical
Improve legislation on plants with healing and beneficial properties
Taking stock of the regulatory framework at an EU and national level on plants with healing and beneficial properties and products thereof
Identifying strengths and weaknesses of the existing provisions on plants with healing and beneficial properties and products thereof
Submitting proposals to amend existing EU and national provisions
A claim for health: marketing plants with healing properties and products thereof in the EU and the Italian market
Clarifying the requirement to be “derived from primary production”, for traditional food from third countries, under the EU novel food regulation
Helping operators to decide if plants having healing and beneficial properties and to lawfully place on the market plants
Raising awareness of the need to complete the EU harmonization process on the subject
Agriculture in a potion: qualifying products, players, and responsibilities
Understanding to what extent products obtained by plants with healing or beneficial properties are “agricultural products”
Helping operators to understand, on a case-by-case analysis, if products obtained by plants with healing or beneficial properties are “agricultural products”
Clarifying the qualification of operators collecting, farming and processing plants with healing or beneficial properties.
Clarify operators’ responsibilities for an environmentally, socially and economically sustainable outcome
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