European Union Register on Nutrition and Health Claims
Descripción
This dataset contains the following information: • Permitted nutrition claims and their conditions of use; • Authorised health claims, their conditions of use and applicable restrictions, if any; • Non-authorised health claims and the reasons for their non-authorisation; • EU legal acts for the specific health claims; • National measures mentioned in Art. 23(3) of Regulation EC 1924/2006. Context: Union rules on nutrition and health claims have been established by Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. The Regulation started to apply on 1 July 2007. This regulation is the legal framework used by food business operators when they want to highlight the particular beneficial effects of their products, in relation to health and nutrition, on the product label or in its advertising. The rules of the Regulation apply to nutrition claims (such as "low fat", "high fibre") and to health claims (such as "Vitamin D is needed for the normal growth and development of bone in children"). The objective of those rules is to ensure that any claim made on a food's labelling, presentation or advertising in the European Union is clear, accurate and based on scientific evidence. Food bearing claims that could mislead consumers are prohibited on the EU market.
Campos de Eurovoc
Recursos
- EU Register of Health Claims JSON
- Health Claims Details JSON
- Health Claims List JSON
Documentación
- Identificador
- food-healthclaims
- Título alternativo
- Health Claims
- Página de entrada
- http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/claims/index_en.htm
- Tipo de conjunto de datos
- Descripción de un paquete de intercambio de información
- Fecha de publicación
- 2015-08-18
- Fecha de modificación
- 2024-08-13
- Periodicidad de acumulación
- diario
- Idioma
- inglés
- Versión
- v0.0
- Version notes
- regular updates
- Catalogue
- European Union Open Data Portal
Contacto
SANTE
Health and Food Safety Directorate-General, B - 1049 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +3222991111