Press Release: Commissioner Kyprianou welcomes Council agreement on Health Claims

Markos Kyprianou, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, welcomed the unanimous political agreement on the proposed Health and Nutrition Claims Regulation at the Health Council, 3 June 2005. In particular, the Council backed harmonised rules for the use of health or nutritional claims on foodstuffs based on nutrient profiles, and supported the requirement for health claims about disease reduction to be authorised based on scientific evidence.

European Commission: PreLex: COM(2003) 424, Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on nutrition and health claims made on foods, 16.7.03 http://ec.europa.eu/prelex/detail_dossier_real.cfm?CL=en&DosId=184390

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