Tag: Health claims

No snackisfaction?

Jane Wolfe discovers that consumers are shunning traditional meal times and seeking…

Jane Wolfe

Seven Seas sails close to the wind

A complaint about a Seven Seas print advert for the brand’s supplement…

Jane Wolfe

ASA tells kefir brand not to use ‘long life’ description

The Advertising Standards Authority ruled this week that use of the phrase…

Jim Manson

EFSA publishes draft guidance to clarify health claim application criteria

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published an updated guidance for…

Jane Wolfe

ESSNA calls on industry to report illegal practices

The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) is urging anyone who might…

Jim Manson

EFSA updates guidance for immune function- and gut-related health claims

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued its draft update of…

Jane Wolfe

OVIVO relaunches with organic formula

The olive leaf supplement drink OVIVO has recently relaunched with a new…

Jane Wolfe

Omega-6 health labelling questioned

An analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has suggested that…

Jane Wolfe

Brands warned: “Regulators are actively tracking you over health claims”

Health food companies were warned yesterday (16 October) that UK regulatory bodies…

Jim Manson

New Health claims laws may benefit organic

The EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (NHCR) may end up benefiting…

Jim Manson

Which? says supplement firms are breaking new health claims laws

The consumer group Which? claims that some food supplement manufacturers are breaking…

Jim Manson

Health claims – “Doing nothing isn’t an option”

With new EU health claims regulations now law, a senior figure from…

Jim Manson

Health claims regulation is “brutal reality check” for industry

The EU Health & Nutrition Claims Regulation is a “brutal reality check”…

Jim Manson

EU’s health claims deadlines are “a fantasy land”

Thousands of health food product packs will need to be “comprehensively re-engineered…

Jim Manson

Retailers could be hit by new claims laws

Health store owners could face serious restric- tions on their ability to…

Jim Manson

EC publishes “landmark” health claims list

The European Commission has formally adopted what it has called a “landmark…

Jim Manson

Top law form warns of “inconsistent” claims enforcement

A leading law firm is predicting that enforcement of the approved EU…

Jim Manson

ANH-Intl launches health claims “veto campaign”

Health campaign group Alliance for Health International (ANH-Intl) has launched a health…

Jim Manson

ANH-Intl launches health claims “veto campaign”

Health campaign group Alliance for Health International (ANH-Intl) has launched a health…

Jim Manson

Health claims may damage perception of naturalness — study

Making a health claim on a product could lead to consumers thinking…

Jim Manson