date:Sep 26, 2012
The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) has given strength to EU health claim laws by backing health claims of temporary or fleeting effects.
At first glance the ruling in relation to an alcohol case in Germany may appear to open the door to the kind of vague claims the EU nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) seeks to eradicate, but legal experts said it did not necessarily undermine the tough scientific criteria in place to back claims.
This broadens the scope of the regul