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Omega 3 squid oil processor gets Australian approval
Pharma Marine, a Norwegian company sourcing omega 3 oils from squid, has announced approval of its Calamarine product by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration.
Could tax breaks for healthy food sales work better than food taxes?
Incentivising the sale of healthy foods at the supermarket checkout could be more effective than food taxation for improving food choices, suggests a letter published in the BMJ.
Health groups urge action on nutrient profiling
A group of European health organisations has urged European Commission president José Manuel Barroso to issue a proposal on nutrient profiling as part of a wider EU goal to reduce...
Live from Vitafoods Europe 2013
Cranberry EU medical devices winner: ‘We will never focus on food supplements’
The Dutch start-up Medical Brands is finding success with cranberry products that have won UTI and vaginal treatment claims via the EU medical devices directive.
Live from Vitafoods Europe 2013
Global healthcare systems are failing; nutrition policy needs to change now, says leading academic
Nations and populations are in peril of being swamped by the cost of their healthcare systems unless a severe nutrition policy rethink can occur, says a leading academic.
Yakult ordered to pull Olympics-themed advert in UK over health claims breach
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has slapped a ban on the broadcast of a Yakult TV advert, ruling that the ad implied there was a health advantage to drinking...
Live from Vitafoods Europe 2013
Cranberry veteran gathers forces against EU medical device products
With cranberry health claims rejected in the European Union, some players have ventured down the medical devices route where therapeutic claims are possible that would never succeed under the EU’s...
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EU health claims evolution: A submission rethink
Now that the dust has settled on the health claims submission process we should all be very clear on the rules of engagement. Well kind of, says Nigel Baldwin, chief...
Proposed Prop 65 changes ‘could be helpful’, says AHPA legal counsel
The proposed changes by California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. to the state’s controversial Prop 65 law ‘could be helpful to companies that need to deal with this law’, says AHPA's...
CRN submits comments to FDA on ‘chemically altered’ definition for NDIs
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has submitted comments to the FDA via international law firm Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, to address when an ingredient is chemically altered such that...
More arrested for smuggling infant formula than drugs - Hong Kong Customs
More people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle infant formula out of Hong Kong since 1 March 2013 than were detained at the border for trafficking drugs throughout the...
Former EFSA boffin backs ‘traditional use’ for EU herbals
A former EFSA Scientific Committee chairman says the European Union’s stalled assessment of botanical extract claims, safety and use needs a multilateral rethink before any progress can be made.
Consultant: ‘No need to fear EU novel foods laws’
The EU’s long-winded novel foods rules have long been viewed as an innovation-crimping legal structure, but a stream-lining of the process means companies should not fear it, a consultant says....
‘Still failing to protect children’: New report slams UK advertising standards
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) are still failing when it comes to protecting children from the online marketing of junk food, according to a new report from the Children’s...
‘Our goal is global pussyfication’: Branson-backed energy drink earns ASA rap
The UK Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) has upheld 156 consumer complaints relating to an energy drink called ‘Pussy Natural Energy’, but the brand insists protestors simply twisted the meaning of...
Could the WTO overturn EU health claim laws?
Aggrieved companies and trade groups have already mounted legal actions against the EU’s strict health claim laws – they are in process – but the regulation’s workings could face fresh...
Belgium, France and Italy unite on positive botanicals list
Belgian, French and Italian authorities have agreed a preliminary list of botanical substances for use in foods and supplements, after a meeting in Rome yesterday.
SPECIAL EDITION: RIDING THE HEALTH CLAIMS WAVE
Room to grow: Bakery sector fiber health claims
The bakery industry may prefer nutrition content to genuine health claims - a state-of-affairs that reflects the relative few claim-backed nutrients available to breads, cereals, bars and other baked products...
SPECIAL EDITION: RIDING THE HEALTH CLAIMS WAVE
EFSA health claims to spark ‘nutrition dark age’, says attorney
Europe is set to sink into a progressive nutrition dark age under the heavy hand of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) regime, says a leading food law attorney.
Add selenium to required infant formula nutrient list, FDA urges
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed the addition of selenium to the list of required nutrients for infant formula products, and the establishment of minimum and maximum...
UK backs Omega Pharma fibre weight loss claims
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has backed a TV weight loss campaign mounted by Omega Pharma for fibre-based food supplements.
Lawyers ponder future of botanicals in EU
Legal and scientific experts will gather in Brussels this week to debate the future of botanical products in the European Union – a category that straddles foods and medicines but...
Omega-3 brain health claim rejected in EU
The EU’s science agency has rejected a health claim submission linking omega-3 form EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and reduced risk of ADHD in kids.
DSM applies to extend Novel Foods status for omega-3 rich algal oils
The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for views on two DSM applications to extend the European Union Novel Foods status for its DHA-rich and EPA-rich algal oils.
Neptune's European patent on krill oil revoked
The European Patent Office has revoked one of the patents held by krill oil supplier Neptune Technologies & Bioressources. As has become de rigueur in the IP battle among krill...
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