Today, 17 June 2016, the Health Council adopted Council Conclusions on Food Product Improvement, asking member states to have national plans for food product improvement in place by the end of 2017.

The Mexico Declaration for Circulatory Health, the first ever global declaration on heart health, was made on 5 June 2016 at the WHF World Congress of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Health 2016. The declaration is recognition that, unless health professionals, governments, businesses and the public find a common voice that paves the way for much-needed action now, the number of premature deaths as a result of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) will keep increasing.

Please click here to read the Smoke Free Partnership press release on the 2014 Tobacco Products Directive and Plain Packaging Progress in the EU, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.

The European Heart Network welcomes the new European Guidelines on cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has today delivered its judgment on the 2014 EU Tobacco Products Directive.  It concludes that the extensive standardisation of packaging, the future EU-wide prohibition on menthol cigarettes and the special rules for electronic cigarettes are lawful.

The European Heart Network (EHN) welcomes the judgment which thus rejects all arguments presented against the Tobacco Products Directive.  

EHN Director Susanne Lá¸gstrup says: “Let this be a lesson once and for all. It is perfectly possible for the EU to introduce legislation which has a high level of health protection as an objective when seeking to facilitate the smooth functioning of the internal market. Time to stop suing!”

For more information on the Court’s decision click here.

Please click here to read the joint press release issued today by EPHA, EASL and EHN, expressing reservations about regulatory cooperation and good regulatory practices in TTIP.

EHN has updated its paper on trans fatty acids and heart disease, to inform the debate on how best to eliminate industrially produced TFAs from foodstuffs marketed in the European Union.

Today the European  Commission  has  published  its  opinion  on  the European Ombudsman’s recommendation on the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Article 5.3. 

In her Opinions issued today, Advocate General Juliane Kokott concludes that the 2014 EU Tobacco Products Directive of 2014 was lawfully adopted.

EHN has today published a position paper describing the role of nutrient profiles in the context of the EU  regulation  (EC)  No  1924/2006  on  nutrition  and  health  claims  made  on  foods.