Outcome of a public consultation on the Draft Scientific Opinion of the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) on Dietary Reference Values for calcium

Abstract

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) carried out a public consultation to receive input from the scientific community and all interested parties on the draft Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values (DRVs) for calcium, prepared by the EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA Panel) and endorsed by the Panel for public consultation at its Plenary meeting on 12 December 2014. The written public consultation for this document was open from 14 January 2015 to 28 February 2015. EFSA received comments from six interested parties. EFSA and its NDA Panel wish to thank all stakeholders for their contributions. The current report summarises the outcome of the public consultation, and includes a brief summary of the comments received and how the comments were addressed. The NDA Panel prepared an updated version of the Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for calcium taking into account the comments received. The Opinion was discussed and adopted at the NDA Plenary meeting on 23 April 2015, and is published in the EFSA Journal. Peter Aggett, Carlo Agostoni, Susan Fairweather-Tait, Marianne Geleijnse, Ambroise Martin, Harry McArdle, Androniki Naska, Hildegard Przyrembel and Alfonso Siani for the preparatory work on this output and the members of the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) for their contribution to this output. * After publication of the technical report, EFSA became aware that some comments had not been transmitted during the public consultation due to a technical problem. As a result, the report has been updated to contain all comments received and the Panel's consideration of the comments. The pages mainly affected are 9-13 and 24-27. The previous version of the report is available on request as is a version showing all the changes made.Outcome of a public consultation on a draft Scientific Opinion TERMS OF REFERENCEIn line with EFSA's policy on openness and transparency, and in order for EFSA to receive comments from the scientific community and stakeholders, EFSA shall release the Draft Scientific Opinion on Dietary Reference Values for calcium for public consultation. The comments resulting from the public consultation shall be published in a technical report. , 2015). EFSA is committed to publishing the comments received during the public consultation, as well as a short report on the outcome of the consultation. 2.Screening and evaluation of comments received 2.1. Comments receivedEFSA received 20 different comments. Comments usually addressed more than one specific item so that the below numbering does not match the number of comments received. Comments were made from six interested parties, including two industry associations, a non-governmental organisation, a national competent authority, a national scientific advisory body and an individual. Nature of specific commentsThe main issues raised in the comments received are summarised below. Panel consideration of comment receivedAd1. The explanation as to why bone health could ...