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danone resubmits marquee probiotic gut health claim
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danone has resubmitted an article 13.5 gut health claim for its flagship probiotic product, activia, to the european food safety authority (efsa). the company said it had refined its approach in the wake of meetings with efsa and the experience of others in the process and come up with a submission it is “fully confident” of. “we have redrafted the whole dossier, including rewording of the scientific claim, to take aboard elements coming from the june 15 stakeholder meeting [with efsa],” danone vice president of external affairs and head of eu regulatory affairs, patrick o’quin, told nutraingredients this morning. the reworked dossier has been bolstered by a study published in the british journal of nutrition (vol 102, pp1654-1662) this month that demonstrated use of activia could provide digestive health benefits in a normal population of women. to view nutraingredients ahead-of-publication coverage of that study click here . global populations “it is one of the first clinical studies that shows the impact of a fermented milk to improve the digest comfort within the global population,” o’quin said. the dossier contains 11 clinical studies, “selected for their direct relevance to the specific claim that is the subject of the application.” o’quin added: “we are fully confident in the quality of the science backing activia as the effects are among the most carefully studied and best documented for any probiotic product in the world, with related research going back more than 20 years. the efficacy of activia has been demonstrated in a large number of studies published in internationally recognised scientific journals.” back in the game danone in april withdrew two article 13.5 digestive health claims for activia (spoonable yoghurt) and one article 13.5 immunity claim for actimel (drinking yoghurt) in april this year, as it sought further guidance from efsa about scientific requirements. in august, it resubmitted a substantially altered article 14 disease reduction claim for actimel centred on diarrhoea, but has not yet resubmitted an immunity claim for the product. functional claims for actimel were under review, o’quin said. learnings at the time of submitting the actimel claim for diarrhoea, o’quin said the dairy giant had learned much form the positive article 13.5 opinion won by uk company, provexis, for a blood circulation claim for a tomato extract. “when we withdraw our claims in april, there was much more uncertainty about what was required in the dossiers,” o’quin said. “but we closely studied the positive tomato extract opinion that came in at the end of may and it has been very instructive for our ongoing dossier preparations.” danone will discuss its response to the health claims process along with provexis and others at the nutraingredients health claims 2010 conference to be held in brussels on thursday, 10th december. others include unilever, analyse&realise, cantox, academics, industry groups, lawyers and market experts.
Source :foodanddrinkeurope.com
Date :
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December
2009
Category :
Food And Health
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global probiotics leader danone has paid an undisclosed sum to swedish dairy skånemejerier for a 51 per cent stake in its probiotic juice brand, proviva. expanding the €40m brand beyond its swedish core is high on the agenda, as is confirmation of its digestive health claims that are approved in sweden, but not as yet by the european food safety authority (efsa). fellow swedish company, probi the supplier of the lp299v strain used in the beverage launched in 1994, has also benefitted in the deal with 10-year supply contracts affirmed.
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nine months after the european food safety authority (efsa) handed in a positive safety assessment for conjugated linoleic acid (cla), the weight management ingredient will be assessed by the european commission as it continues its protracted journey to attain eu novel foods status. body shaping and toning is the predominate cla claim, although to date, efsa\'s health claims panel has not accepted cla claim-backing science february 21 will see the ec’s standing committee on the food chain and animal health (scofcah) entertain member state views on draft opinions for the use of proprietary versions of cla owned by market leaders lipid nutrition and basf-owned cognis in foodstuffs across the eu.
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after taking part in a pharmanager seminar at vitafoods in geneva, dr jean-michel antoine, a 30-year research and development veteran at danone, tells shane starling why the french dairy firm has pulled three article 13.5 probiotic yoghurt claims from the european union nutrition and health claims process. you must have javascript enabled. download podcastdr jean-michel antoinesenior scientistdanone 04:01 subscribe to podcast: rss he said danone remained confident its immunity and gut health claims would be approved by the european food safety authority (efsa), but it wanted to wait until further guidance, due this month, was issued by the assessor.
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the european food safety authority (efsa) has repeatedly emphasised that the 2006 eu nutrition and health claims regulation is a learning experience for everyone involved – from its health claims assessment panel to industry stakeholders, to the member states and the european commission. that may be so, but it is a highly expensive learning process, with the greatest burden of cost being borne by industry players like danone, the company’s vice president of research and development in its dairy division, frederic rené, said after efsa’s gut/immune function meeting in amsterdam last week.
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global probiotics leader danone says its withdrawn probiotic health claim dossiers will remain untouched on its shelves at least until it attends a gut and immune health claim workshop to be hosted by efsa this year. danone for the second time in a year withdrew its article 13.5 immune and gut health claims from the european union health claims process in april, citing a lack of clarity about dossier requirements which it hoped would be at least in part be resolved at the european food safety authority (efsa) stakeholder’s meeting held tuesday in parma, italy.
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the world\'s largest yoghurt maker in april withdrew applications for the benefits of activia and actimel, saying there was confusion about what kind of scientific evidence the european food safety authority (efsa) required. health claims are keenly followed by investors because they are a powerful marketing tool and allow companies like danone to charge more for well-differentiated products. several brokers had voiced concern the efsa might reject danone\'s health claims, a move that could hurt the group\'s image and stock price.
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