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Nutritional and Health Claims by the NHC Policy

Write a briefing document (POSTnote) to Members of Parliament, informing them on the current EU NHC regulation. The briefing document should include information on the historical background to NHC, the regulation, types of claims, the process of submitting an application and the evaluation of evidence.

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The NHC policy aims to provide guidance to consumers during selection of foods via outlining the key the presence of key nutrients. The nutritional and health claims of the EU’s 1924/2006 Regulations aims to evaluate, appraise and monitor the scientific basis underlying such nutritional and health claims.

Nutritional and Health Claims by the NHC Policy

Write a briefing document (POSTnote) to Members of Parliament, informing them on the current EU NHC regulation. The briefing document should include information on the historical background to NHC, the regulation, types of claims, the process of submitting an application and the evaluation of evidence.

   Added on 2023-04-23

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NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH
CLAIMS BY THE NHC POLICYWith the onset of advancements in science,
technology and globalisation, nations worldwide are
currently encountering dynamic changes in lifestyle
behaviors with an increased inclination towards
consumption of processed, packaged and convenient
foods (Crinoet al. 2018). Appropriate nutritional
labeling lies at the forefront in providing guidance to
consumers during selection of foods via outlining
the key the presence of key nutrients (Mhurchuet al.
2018). Recent emergence in trends towards
overweight and obesity among 51.6% of the
European Union’s (EU) population, as reported by
the European Commission, have driven food
manufacturing companies to outline nutritional and
health claims on the labels of their respective
products (Devliegeret al. 2016). The nutritional and
health claims of the EU’s 1924/2006 Regulations
aims to evaluate, appraise and monitor the scientific
basis underlying such nutritional and health claims
(J. van buul and Brouns2015).
Historical Background
The nutritional and health claims by the
EU’s 1924/2006 Regulation was formulated in the
year 2006, with the objective of ensuring the
scientific validity underlying nutritional claims
highlighted in food labels via assessment of its
clarity and accuracy with reference to scientific
research (McGettigan, Kerr and McCann 2017).
Nutritional are the key drivers of consumer food
purchasing and hence, customers are at an
increased risk of negative health outcomes due to
consumption of foods with unsubstantiated claims.
Hence, the NHC policy aims to provide protection
to consumers as well as their health from such
fraudulent food consumption (Scholey and
Pritchard 2016).
Due to the increased inclination towards
convenience food consumption, food manufacturers
must aim to formulate nutritionally balanced foods.
Thus, the need for encouraging innovative food
production coupled with provision of a fair competing
platform among manufacturers, outline the rationale
behind the history of the NHC policy development
(Ballco and de-Magistris 2018). Hence, for the purpose
of policy development, the European Commission (EC)
produced a ‘Nutritional Claims and Functional Claims
Discussion Paper’, followed by which a proposal ensued
concerning legislation of the Regulation. The proposal
was followed by views from over 90 stakeholders across
industrial and consumer groups resulting in acquisition
of parliamentary votes on 3rd June 2005. Following the
inclusion of nutritional profiles and required procedures
for authorisation, the second voting session in the
European Parliament was conducted in 16th May 2006
resulting in the final legislation of the nutritional and
health 1924/2006 Regulations (Khedkar, Bröring and
Ciliberti2017).
Summary Points: Key Words
•A health claim implies the presence of a positive
association between a nutrient and health
characteristics such as growth, development and
disease reduction (Delcour
et al. 2016).
•A nutritional claim implies the presence of
advantageous nutritious characteristics in a food
such as ‘low cholesterol’, ‘low fat’ or ‘low calorie’ or
‘high in antioxidants’ (Hieke
et al. 2016).
•A nutritional label encompasses key information
on nutritional composition and key nutrient
availability in a food item (Mayhew et al. 2016).
Nutritional and Health Claims by the NHC Policy_2

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