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

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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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