Strategic advice on nutritional products
The Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation: Dealing with the present – Planning for the future
Date: 8 March 2012
Address: Hotel Bloom, Rue Royale 250, 1210 Brussels , Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)2 218 14 70
Fax: +32 (0)2 219 73 42
Email: workshop@eas.eu
Website: www.eas.eu
Price: 950 euro
Programme
08.45-09.15: Registration
09.15-09.30: Welcome and introduction
PART 1: Dealing with the present claims climate
09.30-10.15 The latest developments on the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation.
An indepth update on:
- The Annex of nutrition claims
- Latest status of the Article 13.1 ‘Union list’ of permitted health claims
- Commission policy for rejected claims list and claims ‘on hold’ (botanicals, certain probiotics under re-assessment, DHA/EPA, caffeine, very low calorie diets and other)
- New European Commission Register of health claims
- Nutrient profiles
10.15-10.45: Question and Answer Session
10.45-11.00: COFFEE BREAK
11.00-11.45: How to apply for EFSA authorisation under Article 13.5 or 14
Tips to help secure your successful dossier applications, including:
- In-depth analysis of the lessons learned from positive and negative EFSA opinions
- EFSA guidance and outcome of technical meetings and consultations
- Proprietary data protection
- Practical advice on how to plan an application
- The do’s and don’ts when compiling a dossier
- How to deal with communications after claims rejections
- How to maximise chances of success
11.45-12.15: Question and Answer Session
12.15-13.15: LUNCH
PART 2: Planning for the future
13.15-14.00: How to apply the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation in practice
Practical advice with examples on:
- How to know which claims are under transition and which not
- Ensuring conformity during the transition periods: with examples from national markets
- How to make use of claims from the approved Article 13.1 Union list:
- what will change?
- what wordings of claims will be acceptable?
- How to make use of approved Article 14 claims, with a particular focus on conditions of use
- How to make use of nutrition claims/comparative claims
- Alternative ways of communicating health benefits to consumers
14.00-14.30: Question and Answer Session
14.30-14.45: COFFEE BREAK
14.45-15.30: Interplay of the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation with other EU legislation
How to address new product development in the EU legal framework, including different scenario’s
for the planning of new product development, and addressing:
- Is novel foods approval required for the ingredient for which I want to make a health claim?
- Implications when the EU sets maximum levels for vitamins and minerals in the food supplement and food
fortification legislations
- Borderlines between foodstuffs and medicinal products
- The opportunities and limitations of the mutual recognition legislation
15.30-16.00: Question and Answer Session
16.00-16.15: Conclusions
16.15: END OF WORKSHOP
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