HEALTH CLAIMS LAW
July 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLFOOD products sold in stores across the European Union with labelling claiming lines are 'fat-free,' 'light' or 'high-fibre' will be manufactured according to strict scientific rules under a new directive proposed by the European Commission. The legislation would ban vague pledges that a foodstuff boosts immunity, energy, concentration and happiness unless such claims can be proved, sometimes according to set EU-wide criteria. Said a Brussels statement: "The existing EU rules on labelling and nutrition labelling, which do not define conditions for ...
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