Status of nutrition and health claims in Europe by mid 2015

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 39-45

  Verhagen, Hans ^a,b   van Loveren, Henk ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Health claims; Nutrition claims; Regulation 1924 2006; Regulation 432 2012

Indexed keywords

FUNCTION EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL LAW; NUTRITION;

EUROPE; HEALTH CLAIMS; NUTRITION CLAIMS; REGULATION 1924/2006; REGULATION 432/2012;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 84982802672     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.07.005     Document Type: Review

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