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yakult fights efsa’s doubt on probiotic health claims
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japanese dairy firm yakult has said it will continue to conduct human studies to back-up the health benefits of its probiotic products, after the european food safety authority (efsa) cast doubt on health claims for probiotics. in a series of opinions published on tuesday, efsa assessed more than 800 health claims from food companies. the claims included assertions that probiotic bacteria strains boost the immune system and reduce gut problems. however, efsa’s independent panel of scientists found no “cause and effect relationship” had been established between the consumption of the strains lactobacillus fermentum and lactobacillus plantarum in maintaining immune defences. in particular, the panel examined a dossier of 12 studies submitted by yakult for its own strain of probiotic bacteria, lactobacillus casei shirota. the panel found that all were “inadequate” to support the company’s claim that its products maintained immune defences against the common cold. in a statement today, yakult said that the health claim submitted by yakult to efsa was a “specific health claim within a limited area”, relating to maintenance of upper respiratory tract health. “this is just one aspect of research and claim evidence that we have been working on,” a spokesperson for yakult said. “the claim was supported by well-designed double-blind placebo-controlled human studies. “as pioneer in probiotics…yakult will continue to conduct human studies, exploring and confirming the health benefits of its probiotic products,” it added. the firm said it wished to discuss the evaluation process, scientific criteria and the published outcome with efsa. “taking into consideration the outcome of this assessment by efsa, we will focus all our efforts on the preparation and submission of new health claim dossiers,” yakult said. “we also expect that the guidelines currently being drafted by efsa that will be discussed at the stakeholder meeting on 2 december will further clarify the scientific requirements for dossiers. with the benefit of this further guidance, the company anticipates a positive efsa opinion in due course.” the opinions are the latest in a series of rulings by efsa, which has already published five opinions on claims relating to probiotics. in october last year, a number of health claims for ‘probiotic’ drinks and yoghurts were rejected by europe’s food safety watchdog in its first assessment. since then, the eu has rejected danone’s claim that immunofortis, an ingredient added to its baby formula products, strengthens babies’ immune systems. danone also withdrew two scientific health benefit claims for its activia and actimel products months later. in a statement today, danone said that none of its products were included in the efsa opinions released yesterday. “danone has always supported the principal of european regulations, however the process is complex,” a spokesperson for the firm said. “efsa is offering more dialogue to dossier applicants to clarify requirements with a ‘gut and immune health workshop’ planned for 2 december, that danone will attend. “in light of this, danone temporarily withdrew applications concerning actimel and activia earlier in the year, pending clarification of rules for assessment which it hopes will be made at the workshop,” the firm added. “a third danone application is still in the process. efsa has not yet completed its review of all probiotic products and danone remains fully confident of the science backing its products.” efsa is expected to finalise the evaluations of all ‘general function’ health claims by the end of june 2011. just-food is the world’s leading portal for the global pre-packaged food and retail industries. its daily mix of breaking news, views, analysis and research serves over 100,000 food executives each month.
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Source :ausfoodnews.com.au
Date :
21
October
2010
Category :
Food And Health
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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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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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probi says its business will not be affected by a recent european food safety authority (efsa) ruling that there is not enough evidence linking a proprietary probiotic strain to a decrease in potentially harmful pathogens in the gut. efsa’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (nda) looked at health claims related to lactocacillus plantarum 299 (dsm 6595, 67b).
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probiotics player yakult is confident the european food safety authority (efsa) will hand its probiotic-immunity health claim dossier a positive opinion, despite the agency contacting it with further questions. yakult europe’s dutch-based communications manager, jan-albert blaauw said efsa’s panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies (nda) had requested further “technical” information for its dossier, which yakult had provided.
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the uk broadcast committee of advertising practice (bcap) has revised its guidelines to bring them in line with the 2006 european union nutrition and health claims regulation (nhcr). all broadcasts will now be governed by the regulation with groups like the advertising standards authority (asa) acting as watchdog. already stricter interpretation of the link between marketing and science has been apparent in some asa rulings including one against danone for children's immunity health claims it was making in tv adverts for its probiotic drinking yoghurt, actimel.
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