After a dialogue with the European Commission and national consumer authorities, Coca-Cola, Nestlé Waters and Danone will make clear that "100% recycled" excludes cap and label and drop "Recycle me again". What changes, when, and how to report a misleading green claim in Portugal.
Portugal sits firmly outside the small bloc of European Union member states that now require pre-market approval of food supplements, with Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg and Romania the only five jurisdictions imposing prior authorisation,...
ASAE closes the pre-Mundial 2026 phase of Operação Fake ZERO with 74,800 counterfeit articles seized across 255 inspected operators. Replica jerseys and caps lead the haul; 47 crime files filed and 18 individuals detained. Second phase covers the group stage.
The Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE, Authority for Food and Economic Safety) has dismantled a counterfeit auto-parts network spanning three Portuguese districts, seizing 14,629 falsified components with a retail value above...
ASAE released its Q1 2026 operational tape on the closing weekend of May. The Autoridade clocked 7,842 ações de fiscalização across continental Portugal, applied €1.94 million in coimas, ordered 184 suspensões de actividade and booked 412 apreensões. HoReCa led the vertical mix.
