Guidance

Update on flexibility of wording for health claims published

An update providing recommendations for food business operators about flexibility of wording for health claims circulated 3 January 2013.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 9 January 2013

Applies to England

Documents

Update on general principles on flexibility of wording for health claims

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Details

The Recommendations on the general principles’ (also attached) were presented for the first time at an informal meeting in Brussels on 19 June 2012 and were then agreed by Member States’ experts in December 2012.

Letters that have previously been circulated to interested parties in the area of Nutrition and Health Claims legislation are available at the following links:

• nutrition health claims letters
• nutrition interested parties letters

Published 9 January 2013