- It fully revised the preamble and pending issues on the Codex Standard
Codex Alimentarius Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special Dietary Uses: CCNFSDU43
REFIT of the Nutrition and Health Claim Regulation: Outcomes and perspectives
This article was published on Food Navigator on the 6th of August.
What does the EC’s fitness and performance check on Nutrition and Health Claims regulation suggest?
On 20 May 2020, the European Commission completed the REFIT [1] Evaluation of the Regulation (EC) n°1924/2006 on Nutrition and Health claims (the NHCR). Even though the EU
EU health claims referring to botanicals: back in the spotlight amid the current crisis?
This article was published on Food Navigator on the 8th of May.
While consumers frightened by the Covid-19 pandemic stocked-pilled food (and toilet paper), it was tempting for some companies to overpromote their products with regards to their ability to ‘treat’ or ‘cure’ the disease. This was especially the case for products that may sound
EU nutrition claims under the microscope
Published at FoodNavigator 4 December 2019
Nowadays the list of ingredients on food labels tends to be shorter and the names simpler. But, putting aside this ‘clean label’ trend, does the average consumer still notice the claims appearing on the labels of their daily food?
In the 2000s there was an urgent need to regulate