Reviewing the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006: What do we know about its challenges and potential impact on innovation?

International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-9

  Bröring, Stefanie ^a   Khedkar, Sukhada ^a   Ciliberti, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Article 13.1; functional foods sector; Health claims regulation; innovation

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL FOOD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ECONOMICS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITION POLICY; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

FOOD ADDITIVE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITION POLICY;

EID: 84980367714     PISSN: 09637486     EISSN: 14653478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09637486.2016.1212816     Document Type: Article

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