date:Aug 16, 2012
s reviewed when sufficient evidence was provided in support of the claims. Unfavourable outcomes were predominantly due to a lack of information to identify substances on which the claim was based. For example claims on dietary fibre could not be substantiated without specifying the particular fibre. Those claims failing to reach a favourable outcome were also due to a lack of reliable scientific human study with reliable measures on the health benefits.
Chair of EFSAs NDA Panel Professor Albert