Patrick Coppens

 Food Supplements Europe has been created in 2013 to represent the interests of the European food supplement sector. Its membership includes national associations and companies committed to ensuring that future EU legislation and policy reflects the important role that this sector plays in the health of consumers.

As Director Regulatory and Scientific Affairs, Patrick Coppens is heading Food Supplement’s Europe work in the area of food law, in particularly focussing on micronutrients and botanicals, technical and safety issues and relationship with EFSA. He is also in charge of the organisation’s scientific work in the field of public health.

Previously he has held various positions within the Dutch Royal Numico group in the area of scientific and regulatory affairs and quality assurance. He has been closely involved in debates on food safety, food labelling, health claims and addition of nutrients to foods both on national and international level. He also has worked as advisor to a number of trade bodies, including as Secretary-General of the European Responsible Nutrition Alliance and the European Botanical Forum.