EFSA RELEASES HEALTH CLAIMS GUIDANCE

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority has released detailed guidance on applications by food companies for the approval by European Union (EU) regulators of health claims they make about their products. Its advice covers tests, documentation, claims wording and data collection, so food suppliers comply with the 2006 EU regulation EC/1924/2006 on nutrition and health claims for foods. Claims covered by the guidance include those about the reduction of disease and children's development and ...


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