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EFSA health claims chief: Our methods are misunderstood

EFSA health claims chief: Our methods are misunderstood

By Shane Starling

In part two of this exclusive NutraIngredients podcast, Professor Albert Flynn, chair of European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) refutes criticism the agency is biased toward certain nutrients.

Health claims chief highlights EFSA’s compromised comms policy

Health claims chief highlights EFSA’s compromised comms policy

By Shane Starling

Professor Albert Flynn, chair of European Food Safety Authority’s Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) tells Shane Starling how its communication ambitions are being thwarted by a lack of funding.

DSM builds health platforms on positive EFSA opinions

DSM builds health platforms on positive EFSA opinions

By Shane Starling

Anthony Hehir, market development manager, Europe, Middle East and Africa, DSM Nutritional products tells Shane Starling about the reasoning behind the company’s new health benefit-based portfolio.

Firms must collaborate to secure health claims, says Coke

Firms must collaborate to secure health claims, says Coke

By Elaine Watson

Food companies will increasingly have to pool resources and work with each other in order to fund the kind of human intervention studies required to support health claims, according to Coca-Cola Europe functional ingredients and external technology acquisition...

“Dialogue is key” says EFSA, but industry not satisfied

EFSA health claims summit

“Dialogue is key” says EFSA, but industry not satisfied

By Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority yesterday committed to increased applicant dialogue and a series of health claim workshops at the stakeholders meeting it hosted yesterday at its Parma headquarters, but many industry representatives left with key concerns...

IPA president outlines probiotic challenges

IPA president outlines probiotic challenges

By Stephen Daniells

Scott Bush, the VP of marketing, health and nutrition in Bioactives at Danisco USA, talks to Stephen Daniells about the challenges the probiotics industry faces in the form of new European Union health claims laws.

EFSA panel admits errors in health claim opinion

EFSA panel admits errors in health claim opinion

By Stephen Daniells and Shane Starling

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has admitted that it made mistakes in the initial judgement of Gencor Pacific’s health claims dossiers, NutraIngredients can exclusively reveal.

EFSA health claims approach ‘medicalises’ foods, says industry

EFSA health claims approach ‘medicalises’ foods, says industry

By Lorraine Heller

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) approach to assessing health claims is resulting in the ‘medicalisation’ of food and is blocking scientifically-backed health communication, according to food and supplement industry associations.

Vitafoods investigates health claims

Vitafoods 2010

Vitafoods investigates health claims

As the drama surrounding the European Union health claims system thickens, Vitafoods hosts a day-long seminar that will unpick key issues from marketing practices to the drug/food borderline to legal and consumer perspectives of healthy food and supplement...

Danone withdraws marquee probiotic health claims (again)

Danone withdraws marquee probiotic health claims (again)

By Shane Starling

Almost a year to the day after Danone first withdrew submissions for its best-selling probiotic yoghurts from the European Union health claims system, the French dairy giant has pulled its claims from the system once again.

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