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Row Over Health Claims Runs On

The food and Brussels are more openly against each other in an ascending further conflict over health claims on foods.

The European Commission wants the proliferation of claims such as’ good for your cholesterol and similar containment through them one scientific review. That process, which since 2008 is under way, runs all the time especially rough because the EFSA, the Scientific Committee of the Commission that the assessment work, the vast majority rejects claims. The food manufacturers, the big players themselves have extensive sections with scientists, criticized the lack of transparency about the EFSA assessment method.

Claims withdrawn

To the growing discontent in place, yesterday, Danone Actimel and Activia two claims still pending are being withdrawn. According to spokesman Paul Schreurs Danone Netherlands, Unilever, Nestle and Yakult done the same. Unilever would not confirm that and the other two groups were not reached for comment yesterday. In response to the discordant atmosphere, EFSA representatives of industry and the European Parliament invited to a meeting on June 1 in Parma, where the committee sits. Read the rest of this entry »