date:Aug 10, 2012
health and nutrition.
From December, only those 222 general, article 13.1 general function health claims that were approved by the EU earlier this year will be permissible. And most of these relate to minerals and vitamins in foods, such as calcium and vitamin C.
This will have a big impact for products, such as those using superfood, antioxidant claims and on probiotic yogurts, which have not been approved.
Implied claims
From December the term probiotic will not be allowed on product packs