EU NUTRITION REGULATION WILL BE MAJOR JOB FOR ;OCAL COUNCILS – EFSA
November 1st, 2006
BY ANDREW CAVE, in Bologna
ENFORCEMENT of the incoming European Union (EU) regulation on nutritional and health claims on food labelling will be a major issue for local authorities, according to European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) official Albert Flynn.
Mr Flynn, chair of EFSA's dietetic products, nutrition and allergies panel, said in an interview with Environmental Health News at an EFSA conference in Bologna, Italy: "This is an important issue that is outside the brief of EFSA."
The regulation means nutrition and health claims can only be made ...
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