EAS

The Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation: dealing with the present – planning for the future

Date: 11 October 2012
Address: Hotel Bloom, Rue Royale 250, 1210 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 2 218 14 70
Fax: +32 2 219 73 42
Email: workshop@eas.eu
Website: www.eas.eu/Event/48

Price: 950 euro (+ 21% VAT)

Highlights!

• Practical guidance to avoid the pitfalls created by the EU Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation
• “Union list” of permitted Article 13.1 claims: impact for industry
• Timings for claims still ‘on hold’
• Lessons to be learned from the successes and failures of Article 13.5/14 submissions that have undergone EFSA assessments
• Alternative ways of communicating health benefits to consumers
• Member States/Commission claims regulation interpretation issues
• Claims case studies: how do product claims need to change?

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Full programme:

08:45-09:15 Registration

09:15-09:30 Welcome and Introduction

PART 1: Dealing with the present claims climate

09:30-10.30 Latest Developments on Nutrition and Health Claims in the EU

An in-depth update on:

• Latest status on the list of permitted nutrition claims
• The first Article 13.1 list of permitted health claims, and what happens with rejected claims?
• What does the European Commission claims register cover/not cover?
• Timing and transition periods for Article 13.1 claims still “on hold” and impact of European Commission/Member
  State discussions (e.g. claims for botanicals, caffeine, glucosamine, lutein, soya isoflavones, probiotics)
• By when will the European Commission adopt further Article 13.1 list permissions/rejections of the EFSA
  “further assessment process”?
• Nutrient profiles: latest status

10.30-11.00 Question and Answer Session

11.00-11.15 COFFEE BREAK

11.15-12.00 How to apply for EU authorisation under Article 13.5 or 14

Tips to help secure your successful dossier applications, including:

• Timeframe for getting a claim authorised?
• How to get proprietary data protection?
• Outcome of EFSA Article 13.5/14 evaluations and in-depth analysis of lessons learned
• EFSA technical health claims dossier guidelines
• The do’s and don’ts when compiling a dossier: practical examples of successes and failures
• How to plan an application and maximise chances of success

12:00-12:30 Question and Answer Session

12.30-13.30 LUNCH

PART 2: The future: How to apply the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation in practice

13.30-14.15 Strategies for dealing with the claims regulation and interpretation issues

• Alternative ways of communicating health benefits to consumers
• Update on the European Commission and Member States; review on many issues that are open to interpretation such as:
  • “contains”
  • “natural”
  • “health care professionals”

14.15-14.45 Question and Answer Session

14.45-15.00 COFFEE BREAK

15.00-16.00 Case studies of practices in national markets and an overview of how product claims need to change (with integrated interactive Q&A discussion)

Claims case studies for food supplements and functional foods in several EU countries

16.00-16.15 Conclusions

16.15 END OF WORKSHOP

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