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EFSA launches health claims consultation
21 Jul 2015EFSA has launched an open consultation on its draft general scientific guidance for stakeholders on health claim applications. The guidance aims to explain the general scientific principles applied by the NDA Panel for the evaluation of all health claims and outlines a series of steps for the compilation of health claim applications. In line with […]
EFSA has launched an open consultation on its draft general scientific guidance for stakeholders on health claim applications. The guidance aims to explain the general scientific principles applied by the NDA Panel for the evaluation of all health claims and outlines a series of steps for the compilation of health claim applications.
In line with EFSA’s policy on openness and transparency and in order for EFSA to receive comments from the scientific community and stakeholders, EFSA has launched a public consultation on the draft document developed by the NDA Panel of EFSA.
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments by 11 September 2015.
EFSA says it will assess all comments from interested parties which are submitted in line with the criteria it has set out. The comments will be further considered by the relevant EFSA Panel and taken into consideration if found to be relevant.
All comments submitted will be published. Comments submitted by individuals in a personal capacity will be presented anonymously. Comments submitted formally on behalf of an organisation will appear with the name of the organisation.