Categories for IPA Europe News

The IPA Europe 2024 Manifesto: Empowering Informed Consumers and Supporting a Sustainable Food Industry.

The IPA Europe 2024 Manifesto sets out priorities and recommendations. IPA Europe supports the European probiotic industry’s efforts to enhance competitiveness and ensure product quality, while promoting a consistent, innovation-friendly regulatory environment. Probiotic foods and food supplements, when consumed in adequate amounts, may offer benefits for gut health, digestion, and immunity. However, the term ‘probiotic’ ...

EU Novel Food Status Catalogue

In March 2024, IPA Europe and the European Food and Fermentation Cultures Association (EFFCA) issued the information to their members regarding the European Commission’s revised Novel Food Catalogue, which was originally published on November 16, 2023. We have actively collaborated with DG SANTE to enhance the classification process and to provide clearer guidance for stakeholder ...

IPA Europe Press Release: a formal request for investigation is questioning the European Commission’s stance on probiotics

In a significant development for the probiotic industry, a formal request for investigation has been submitted to the European Ombudsman, questioning the European Commission’s stance on probiotics. The Association argues that the European Commission has inadequately addressed the concerns raised by the industry and provides sufficient elements to support this request. Read more ...

Joint Statement of IPA Europe and 17 other signatories on the EC Initiative: Boosting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing in the EU

The joint statement in response to the publication of the Initiative praises it as a positive starting point, while calling for greater ambition and implementation. The initiative recognizes various challenges and barriers, including the need for a level playing field for market entry and demand.  A key step in addressing these issues is streamlining and ...

European industries call for a bold and impactful Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative

Brussels, 22 February 2024 Cross sectoral industries have come together to champion the European Commission’s forthcoming Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative through a position paper which calls for bold ambition, and five core principles to ensure impactful industrial growth. The ‘EC Initiative on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing: Principles for an impactful Europe’ calls for the recognition of ...

IPA Europe Announces Dr. Bart Degeest as New President

IPA Europe, representing probiotic food and food supplements in Europe, is pleased to announce the election for the new President, Dr. Bart Degeest, during the Board meeting of the association held in Milan. Dr. Degeest has consistently demonstrated a profound understanding of the challenges andopportunities facing our community and contributes to various strategic teams. In ...

IPAEU PRESS RELEASE: ROME CONGRESS 2023

Brussels, 11 September 2023 The International Probiotic Association (IPA & IPAEurope) is returning with the 3rd Science & Business Symposium during the 12th Probiotic, Prebiotics, and New Food Congress (Rome 16-19 September 2023) IPA with IPAEurope is returning with the 3rd Science & Business Symposium during the 12th Probiotic, Prebiotics, and New Food event in ...

9.5 billion of probiotic sales in Europe, and billions of consumers looking for probiotics. 

“How can better regulation strengthen the knowledge of probiotics for consumer health?” The virtual conference on 24th April 2023 featured an opening debate on the science of probiotics, the lack of regulation and how greater clarity can benefit the European industry while providing better information and transparency to consumers. PRESS-RELEASE – EURACTIV online conference.pdf ...

IPA Probiota World Congress in Barcelona on the 8th of February 2023

Speaking at IPA Probiota World Congress in Barcelona on 8 February 2023, Rosanna Pecere, Executive Director of IPA Europe, presented the overview of the European market ‘It is not only “in some third countries” that the use of the term ‘probiotics’ may be regulated differently’ she said. Since 2018, some EU countries are progressively allowing the ...