EFSA finalises the assessment of ‘general function’ health claims
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
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A new health food logo in the Netherlands
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 [...]
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Article 13.1 – 3rd batch of opinions release 19th October
The opinons will heavily influence the just a quick update that the next batch of EFSA opinions under article 13.1 are released next monday. The list will see 808 claims assessed and reduced to 75 scientific opinions and will include a focus on the sports market with claims on beta-alanine, whey protines, glutamine, BCAA, CLA, [...]
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EFSA publish draft guidance for gut and immune function claims
EFSA has launched a public consultation on the draft guidance on the scientific requirements for health claims related to gut and immune function. The document has been drawn from EFSA’s scientific opinions on health claims related to the gastrointestinal tract and immune system. Thus, it represents the views of the NDA Panel, based on the [...]
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Blocking EFSA health claim opinions becoming law
With EFSA rejecting almost 80% of health claims submitted under article 13.1, industry is rightly concerned. However, these opinions are not yet law. Although EFSA has given its opinion and the commission intends to publish the list, the European parliament has still 3 months to look at the opinions and their implementation through the regulatory [...]
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Health claims – The battle over wording flexibility heats up!
Gaining a health claim is one thing but gaining one that makes sense to the general public is another. As part of the general conditions of article 13 claims (Art 13(1)ii) a health claim must be ‘well understood by the average consumer’. Claims must also protect the consumer from being misled, and balancing these two [...]
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Nutrient Profiles – Are they really going to happen?
As part of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR) EFSA was to implement and set the criteria for what is an acceptable nutrient profile for foods carrying an approved health claim. Nutrient profiles (Article 4) were added to the regulation to avoid a situation where using a health claim on label could potentially mask [...]
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EFSA second batch of health claims 2010
In the latest batch of 31 opinions (grouped from 416 submissions) from EFSA’s NDA panel we can see that this process of assessment is setting a precedent for the acceptance of only vitamins and minerals. The big losers are not unexpected antioxidants and probiotic based claims which have been rejected across the board. For the [...]
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Health claims regulation already posing potential risk for industry
As of the 19th of January 2010 ‘nutrition claims’ such as low GI, Isotonic and hypotonic are under threat by enforcement bodies throughout the EU. For those in the weight management or sports nutrition market, labelling and other forms of commercial communication using such claims could be removed by enforcement agencies. Under the terms of [...]
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Article 13.4 – The next route for failed health claims?
Following the significant damage of the first wave of article 13.1 opinions by EFSA and subsequent 70% rejection rate, what can industry do now given EFSA will not re-assess these claims via the 13.1 process, even if new or additional data is available? Well there are potentially 2 routes, firstly is article 13.5 for newly [...]
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Older Posts Yeah! There are more posts, check them out.
- nutrisciences: Article 13.1 claims voted into law at last! http://t.co/1sikVra8
- nutrisciences: Food Information to Consumers Regulation (FIR) Adopted http://t.co/p44hkGJe
- nutrisciences: EFSA finalises the assessment of ‘general function’ health claims http://t.co/pLk7RrH
- nutrisciences: EFSA say yes to creatine in final batch of health claims! http://t.co/aSRyroJ
- nutrisciences: EFSA's 5th Batch of Health Claim opinions hit sports & weight management market... http://t.co/4mloVar
