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EFSA assesses safety of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids

Daily supplemental intakes of 5g of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids raise no safety concerns for adults, EFSA has concluded. The Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (...

Nutrition

27 July 2012
EFSA invites comments on proposed dietary reference values for energy

EFSA has launched an open consultation on its draft scientific opinion on dietary reference values for energy. The Authority’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies is...

Nutrition

20 July 2012
Health claims guidance: psychological functions, and physical performance

EFSA has published two more important guidance documents to assist applicants in preparing applications for the authorisation of health claims. The latest documents cover claims...

Nutrition

17 July 2012
EFSA sets population reference intakes for protein

EFSA has published population reference intakes (PRIs) for protein, completing the latest stage of its work on dietary reference values (DRVs). A PRI indicates the amount of an...

Nutrition

9 February 2012
Health claims: looking beyond the label

What was the issue? An increasing number of foods sold in the EU bear nutrition and health claims. A nutrition claim states or suggests that a food has beneficial nutritional...

Corporate, Nutrition

30 January 2012
EFSA finalises the assessment of ‘general function’ health claims

Updated* Scientists on the European Food Safety Authority’s NDA Panel[1] have reached a major milestone in their work on health claims by publishing evaluations of the last group of...

Nutrition

28 July 2011
EFSA publishes fifth series of evaluations of ‘general function’ health claims

On 30 June 2011 EFSA’s NDA panel[1] finalised the evaluation of all ‘general function’ health claims[2] due to be adopted by that date. With the publication of this fifth series of...

Nutrition

30 June 2011
EFSA completes evaluation of further 442 ‘general function’ health claims

EFSA’s NDA Panel[1] has published the outcome of the evaluations of a fourth series of ‘general function’ health claims[2] proposed for use on food products. The 442 claims assessed...

Nutrition

8 April 2011
EFSA and industry exchange views on guidance on gut and immune function health claims

Nearly 200 representatives from the food and drink industry, academia, Member States and the European Commission, attended a meeting in Amsterdam to discuss with EFSA experts the...

Nutrition, Stakeholders

6 December 2010

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