date:Aug 16, 2012
Recently published evaluations, from more than 3 years of work by EFSA experts, details the findings from an assessment of 2,758 food-related general function health food claims to identify whether they were backed by sound scientific evidence.
These new findings will now assist the European Commission and Member States in establishing a list of claims authorised for food, a breakthrough that will also benefit European consumers.
There was a favourable outcome for approximately one in five claim