EU health claim update
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU must establish a positive list of approved health claims by Jan. 18, 2010. The Parliament and Council published the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation in the Official Journal of the EU Jan. 18. The regulation states health claims must be based on scientific data and applies to product claims made on packaging or websites and would ban all claims related to rates or amounts of weight loss. The EU Council of Ministers adopted the regulation in October (1"The Tan Sheet," Oct. 16, 2006, In Brief)...
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