https://legal.algen.eu/ 2026-07-06T09:35:53+00:00 https://legal.algen.eu/ https://legal.algen.eu/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=logo.png text/html 2026-06-20T15:01:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:additives_c&rev=1781967679&do=diff Food Additives / NOTES & COMMENTS The most important conceptual point for this page — the distinction between additive status and novel food status, since these are two separate legal categories that can both apply to the same substance for different uses. text/html 2026-06-20T14:50:07+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:additives&rev=1781967007&do=diff Food Additives This page covers the regulatory framework for algae-derived substances used as food additives — colourants, thickeners, gelling agents and emulsifiers being the most commercially significant categories for algae. It is distinct from, but closely related to, the text/html 2026-06-23T10:38:33+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:extraction_solvents&rev=1782211113&do=diff Use of Extraction Solvents This page covers the EU rules on which solvents may be used in the production of algal extracts intended for food applications, and the residue limits that apply to such extracts once placed on the market. ---------- Why Extraction Solvents Matter for Algae text/html 2026-06-23T08:12:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:health_nutrition_claims&rev=1782202357&do=diff Health and Nutrition Claims This page covers the EU framework governing what health or nutritional benefits may be claimed on the labelling and in the marketing of algae and algal products. The regulation is one of the most frequently encountered compliance barriers for the algae sector, because many marketing narratives naturally associated with algae — text/html 2026-06-20T15:38:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:labelling_c&rev=1781969926&do=diff Food Labelling / NOTES & COMMENTS The “common name + scientific name” recommendation — this is good practice advice rather than a stated legal requirement in the text of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 itself; I've presented it as practice/interpretation rather than a hard rule, but worth double-checking that this framing is accurate and not overstated. text/html 2026-06-20T15:30:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:labelling&rev=1781969415&do=diff Food Labelling This page covers the mandatory labelling requirements applicable to algae sold as food in the EU, including general food information rules, species identification, and origin labelling specific to aquaculture and fishery products. It should be read together with text/html 2026-06-20T08:50:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:novel_food_c&rev=1781945414&do=diff Novel Food / NOTES & COMMENTS Legal sefinition, note that algae are explicitly mentioned extracts and fractions are assessed separately from whole biomass Reference for the costs (or mention that this is a personal informal information) Put EU4algae documents to the bibliography page text/html 2026-06-20T08:33:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:novel_food&rev=1781944397&do=diff Novel Food For the great majority of algal species and products, novel food status is the single most consequential regulatory question standing between cultivation and market access in the EU. This page covers the Novel Food Regulation, the authorisation pathway, the Novel Food Catalogue, and the practical issues specific to algae. text/html 2026-06-23T12:01:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:packaging&rev=1782216119&do=diff Food Packaging This page covers two distinct but related packaging topics: (1) the EU rules on materials and articles that come into contact with food (food-contact materials, or FCM), relevant to the packaging of algal food products; and (2) the emerging use of algae-derived biopolymers and materials in food packaging itself. text/html 2026-06-20T00:29:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:quality_safety_c&rev=1781915382&do=diff Food Quality and Safety / NOTES & COMMENTS The page opens with algae-specific hazards as its own section before the legal acts — this felt like the right order since it explains why certain provisions exist (e.g. why Recommendation 2018/464 covers iodine and metals specifically) before listing them. Cyanotoxins get the most detailed treatment as the genuinely distinctive hazard, followed by iodine, heavy metals/arsenic, and marine biotoxins. text/html 2026-06-20T01:01:52+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:quality_safety&rev=1781917312&do=diff Food Quality and Safety This page covers the general food safety framework as it applies specifically to algae: contaminant limits, microbiological criteria, and the algae-specific hazards that distinguish algal food safety from that of conventional foods. It builds on the horizontal hygiene framework covered in text/html 2026-06-20T21:16:31+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:supplements&rev=1781990191&do=diff Food Supplements Food supplements are, for many algae species — particularly microalgae such as Limnospira platensis (Spirulina), Chlorella vulgaris and Haematococcus pluvialis extracts — the single most established and accessible route to market in the EU food sector. This page covers the dedicated EU legal framework for food supplements as it applies to algae, including the important and frequently overlooked role of text/html 2026-06-23T12:11:14+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://legal.algen.eu/doku.php?id=algae:food:traceability&rev=1782216674&do=diff Traceability of Pre-packed Food This page covers the EU traceability and lot-marking requirements applicable to algal food products sold in pre-packed form. Traceability obligations arise from several instruments and apply at different points in the supply chain; this page focuses on the obligations most directly relevant to algae producers and processors.