Archives for December 22, 2009

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FDA raps Nestlé for unauthorized medical claims

By Shane Starling

The Food and Drug Administration has issued two warning letters to food giant Nestlé for a range of children’s dairy drinks and a functional juice drink, alleging both products are making unauthorized nutrient and ‘medical food’ claims.

EFSA health claim opinion

EFSA rejects kids’ probiotic gut health claim

By Shane Starling

A dossier containing 13 randomised controlled trials, 6 observational studies, and 15 non-human studies has failed to impress European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scientists because the four strains in question were not sufficiently characterised.

Dairy leaders remain upbeat after Copenhagen

By Guy Montague-Jones

Dairy industry leaders remain upbeat about the role that producers and processers can play in tackling climate change, despite the failure of the Copenhagen climate summit to produce a substantive deal.