H.S. Guide A-Z 2021 - Réglementation Understanding to better S ince its publication and implemen-tation on July 1, 2007, the EuropeanRegulation 1924/2006 on nutritionalin order to meet EFSA’s requirements.Our ambition is to update this work withfurther hindsight and to analyze in detail and health claims has governed mes- the various opinions published, whether 026 sages that may or may not be associated positive or negative, in order to propose with beneficial ingredients or functional ideas and a strategy to support the food food products. This regulation consi- industry in this health-promotion food ders three categories: generic functional market. claims (Article 13.1), functional claims The information is divided between based on innovative scientific data (Art several documents (opinions, regula- 13.5) and claims of disease risk reduc- tions, lists and partial tables on the EFSA tion or associated with growth and health website), making the system complex for of children (Art 14). Generic claims have an manufacturer who would seek quick been the subject of Community debate, and pragmatic answers in order to inno- and the positive list published in 2012 vate and develop new products of health (Regulation 432/2012) is based on scien- value, we worked on the establishment tific consensus. On the other hand, the of a synthetic and centralized database. claims relating to Articles 13.5 and 14 areIt brings together all the information avai- the subject of a strict technical and scien-lable for each application according to 4 tific assessment by the “nutrition, novel criteria: foods and allergies” (NDA) panel of the • General information about the petitioner European Food Safety Agency (EFSA). and the handling of the dossier; Allegations receiving favorable notice are • Evaluation of the technical product cha- then only allowed for commercial use after racterization; publication by the European Union and • Assessment of the relevance of the registration in the Community register. A health effect and conditions of use; negative opinion issued is final. However, • Evaluation of the scientific validation of should the state of knowledge change, a the health effect. new petition may be filed for evaluation. This database is on-going and will be Just five years ago, Martin Foe and Hassan enriched with each new release. Com- Younes published in this journal an over- bined with an analysis via the RStudio view of the petitions for health claims andsoftware, it allows to select filters accor- an analysis of the pitfalls to be avoided ding to the different variables, and to ■ / A - Z Ingrédients Santé 2021 / Hors-Série / L’Actualité des Ingrédients Fonctionnels & Santé