EFSA updates health claim guidance

EFSA has updated its advice for applicants on how to prepare and present a health claim application, covering health claims related to a type of food, a food category or food constituents.

The update of the 2011 version is aligned with EFSA’s 2016 general scientific guidance on health claim applications.

Valeriu Curtui, head of EFSA’s nutrition unit, says, “We expect the updated guidance to increase the efficiency of evaluating health claims once applicants adhere to the new application format.”