Journal of Nutritional Disorders & Therapy

France

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• Extended Abstract   
  Clinical Nutrition 2020: Grading nutritional health claims by weight of evidence would make for a better-informed public- Francois Andre Allaert- CEN Nutriment Dijon
  Author(s): Francois Andre Allaert
  
  In the European Regulation 1924/2006 and especially its first recital; the evaluation of health claims (HC) by European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) was introduced so as “to ensure a high level of consumer protection, [and] give the consumer the necessary information to make choices in full knowledge of the facts”. Now, with 10 years of hindsight since the Regulation was adopted, it can be asked whether EFSA HC process of evaluation that led to a marginal number of accepted claims is consistent with this objective, not just for protecting consumers but for allowing them to make a decision freely and make informed.. View more»
  

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