In a judgment (case C-618/23) handed down on Thursday, 26 June, the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) ruled that a traditional herbal medicinal product—namely, a medicinal herbal tea—cannot, in principle, bear the European Union’s “organic” logo.
The press release for the judgment notes that unless “such an indication on the packaging has been approved by the competent authority on account of the beneficial effect of the organic production on the therapeutic characteristics...