On 5th December at the latest meeting of the Standing Committee. In a press release from the Commission they current status and details of the health claims voted into law and those awaiting a final decision, what will happen re enforcement etc are discussed….More to follow! SOURCE: http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/868
After 3 long years the 13.1 list of health claims have been reviewed by EFSA’s NDA panel….see there comments here! http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/110728.htm
In EFSA 5th batch released today some of the sports nutrition markets biggest ingredients have taken a pounding. The following is a brief overview of the opinions on this batch of health claims as they relate to the weight loss and sports nutrition industry…. . Sports Nutrition outcomes: HMB – Rejected RIBOSE – Rejected SODIUM [...]
In an adjudication by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) on the 6th April on of the UK’s largest vitamin companies Vitabiotics Ltd was challenged over b-vitamin and product based health claims. The claims included: To help maintain Brain Function & Performance Neurozan Plus contains NEURO-SPECIFIC MICRO-NUTRIENTS including phosphatidylserine, 5 HTP, Co-Q10, vit D3, B [...]
Recently the updated Dutch Choices logo called ‘Ik Kies Bewust’ was presented to the public. On the basis of criteria that define maximum levels of nutrients as fat, added sugar and salt, products are entitled to carry the Choices logo on the front of the package. Important to note is that this decision is based [...]
In a presentation to the Association of the European Self-Medication Industry (AESGP) Conference Brussels 2 February 2011 – Vittorio Silano suggests that and addition to the framework of Directive 2002/46/EC could be the way forward for botanicals. According to Silano, “This would require the adoption of an hoc Regulation providing for a positive list of [...]
According to a recent communication to the Commission by the Minister for Public Health, Welfare and Sports a draft decree has been laid down rules for the approval of a “food choice logo” representing foods which have and EFSA (and parliament) health claim approval. An Extension to the Nutrition & Health Claims regulation Regulation (EC) [...]
Since the rejection of glucosamine by EFSA as being able beneficially impact inflammation or support joints heath in the normal healthy population (EFSA Journal 2009; 7(9):1264) the market in Europe has been concerned. In the UK the MHRA have been looking to remove products claiming any relation to pain treatment and in Germany the courts [...]
Is this the begining of Nutrient profiling for products making health claims? According to todays judgent by the UK’s advertising Standards Authority (ASA) it looks like it is a sign of things to come. After receiving 3 complainants challenging whether the claim that the product was “nutritious” was misleading the ASA reviewed the composition and [...]
The UK’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published the results of a survey investigating the levels of certain naturally-occurring chemicals called mycotoxins in a range of cereals and-cereal based foods. This is the first year’s results from a four-year rolling surveillance programme. The survey found that 97% of samples were below the legal limits for [...]
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