An update on nutrition and health claims

Nutrition strategy and policy: what does the future hold?

“…An update on implementation of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation was provided in a recent issue (Aisbitt 2008); progress by the EC and EFSA on several fronts is now behind schedule. A nutrient‐profiling approach to underpin decisions about use of claims was due to be finalised in January 2009 but an agreed scheme has yet to emerge, perhaps not surprisingly given the complexity of such an approach.…”

Plant sterol and stanol esters

“…The full list of all claims will be available from 2010. For more information, see Aisbitt (2007; 2008).…”

What is shaping the world in which UK nutritionists operate?

“…Public health concerns are driving increased regulation of the food industry across Europe. For example, the European Regulation on nutrition and health claims came into force in July 2007 (see Aisbitt 2007 for a summary) and is gradually being rolled out (see Fig. 1 for the timetable).…”