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.

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.

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.