EFSA PANEL GUIDES EUROPEAN COMMISSION IN DRAFTING APPROVED HEALTH CLAIMS LIST
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has advised on which foodstuffs should carry nutritional or health claim information in future, to help the European Commission draft an approved claim list by 2010. EFSA's scientific panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies has concluded that the Commission's main concern should be "the potential of a food to adversely affect overall dietary balance" given accepted nutrient intake recommendations. Under the EU regulation on nutrition and health claims on foods, the Commission has to ...
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