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EFSA publishes probiotic guidance
22-Oct-2009 - Genetic typing, internationally recognised naming protocols and evidence of consistency in the final product have been highlighted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) as critical factors for probiotic health claim submissions.
UK ponders folic acid options
21-Oct-2009 - The UK government could consider different options before implementing the Food Standards Agency’s advice to make the addition of folic acid to bread mandatory, says the Institute of Food Research.
Health claim rules gag freedom of speech, says EU lobby group
19-Oct-2009 - Pan-European better nutrition advocate, the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH), says the European Union health claims system is going way beyond its remit to protect consumer interests and curtailing freedom of speech.
Scientists attack proposed EU omega-3 DRVs
16-Oct-2009 - An international consortium of concerned lipid scientists says the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)-recommended omega-3 dietary reference values (DRVs) are seriously flawed and should be amended before they see the light of day in the European Union legislature.
July 2010: When EU health claim compliance reaches store shelves
15-Oct-2009 - The European Commission has set itself the goal of processing the 94 generic article 13.1 health claim opinions issued by EFSA recently by the end of January, meaning claim rulings could be enforceable at retail level by July, 2010.
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Czech authorities ban Chinese supplement
15-Oct-2009 - The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) has banned a food supplement called Sagirra originating from China for containing a dangerous substance.
UK censors Danone probiotic TV ads
14-Oct-2009 - The voluntary UK advertising watchdog has told Danone to cease broadcasting TV adverts that stated its one-shot probiotic drinking yoghurt, Actimel, could boost the immune system of children.
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Thirty years of infant formula regulations
14-Oct-2009 - The pro-breast milk lobby is highlighting the fact it is 30 years since WHO and UNICEF-backed regulations came into play to control the content and marketing of baby milk formulas.
Red Bull: EFSA taurine rejection won’t affect energy claims
13-Oct-2009 - Global energy drinks leader, Red Bull, says the recent rejection of taurine-based energy health claims by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) won’t have any bearing on its own claim-making.
Novel foods rules harm development, report
13-Oct-2009 - Novel food regulation functions as an unintentional trade barrier to heritage foods and affects supply chain development and poverty alleviation in developing countries, according to a new report.
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Finns ban breast enhancement ‘miracle herb’
13-Oct-2009 - Finnish authorities have banned products based on the Thai herb, Pueraria mirifica, because it does not have European Union novel foods approval.
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Oz/NZ mandates iodine fortification
12-Oct-2009 - All Australian and New Zealand bread products must now be fortified with iodine after a much-debated ruling came into force last Friday.
ASA slams jokey ads for Coke’s Vitaminwater
09-Oct-2009 - Slogans like “more muscles than brussels” and “keep perky when you’re feeling murky” are to disappear from UK ads for Coca-Cola’s Vitaminwater under orders from an industry watchdog.
Scientists question EFSA probiotic logic
08-Oct-2009 - Three University of Reading scientists wrote to the European Commission in July expressing concern about EFSA’s approach to evaluating probiotic article 13.1 dossiers.
Scientists protest as EC validates omega-3 labelling rule
07-Oct-2009 - The group of international scientists that last week petitioned the European Commission to amend a mooted omega-3 labelling regulation they believe would confuse consumers, have vowed to continue their fight in the European Parliament, after the EC backed the regulation.
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Health claims convention ponders uncertain future
07-Oct-2009 - About 80 representatives from some of the biggest functional foods and ingredients companies in Europe attended a health claims seminar in Brussels yesterday, with the need for better trial design high on the agenda.
Yoghurt group unfazed by mass probiotics rejection
07-Oct-2009 - The European Food Safety Authority’s mass rejection of probiotic dossiers is not the disaster it appears if ‘technical’ obstacles can be overcome, according to a group that represents the biggest yoghurt players in the world.
Consumer press highlights probiotic health claim failures
06-Oct-2009 - Last week’s European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) health claim opinions have received a lot of mainstream media attention in the UK national consumer press, with the probiotic claim rejections gaining the most attention.
Positive selenium health claim opinion welcomed
06-Oct-2009 - Lallemand’s functional food group, Lal’Food, has welcomed the positive opinion issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) on a variety of health benefits for selenium.
Weekly comment
Bad day at the EU health claims office
05-Oct-2009 - October 1 was not a good day for many in the functional foods and food supplements business in the European Union as the meaning of life under a highly restrictive health claims regime came more into focus.
UK warns against ‘herbal valium’
05-Oct-2009 - The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a public warning against botanical products containing aconite.
Article 13.1: winners and losers
02-Oct-2009 - Botanicals, probiotics and weight management claims were the big losers in yesterday’s first batch of article 13.1 claims, with not a positive opinion among them.
Devil not so bad in EFSA health claim details
02-Oct-2009 - At first glance yesterday’s publication of the first batch of 94 article 13.1 health claim opinions, is a worst-case scenario for industry, with claims for the likes of omega-3s, beta-glucan, folate, probiotics and taurine all drawing negative opinions from EFSA scientists.
EFSA says yes to third of first Article 13.1 claims
01-Oct-2009 - Around one third of the first batch of article 13.1 health claim applications have drawn positive opinions from EFSA. Professor Albert Flynn, the head of EFSA’s health claims assessment panel, tells NutraIngredients.com why some claims were favoured over others.
FSA seeks views on food supplement amendments
01-Oct-2009 - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) is calling for comments on proposals to permit the continued use of 67 vitamin and mineral sources in England.
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