Foodlaw-Reading Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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Food Law News - EU - 2015

EU Council Meeting, 26 January 2015

SUPPLEMENTS/CLAIMS - Council Discussions on Food Supplements and Health Claims

The following is an extract from the Minutes of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting held on the 26 January 2015

Supplements

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of the following two Commission regulations:

• a regulation adding (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt as a source of folate to the list of vitamin and mineral substances which may be used in the manufacture of food supplements (15716/14)
• a regulation placing the substance Yohimbe under EU scrutiny and prohibiting Ephedra herb and its preparations in foods (15793/14).

The Commission regulations are subject to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny. This means that now that the Council has given its consent, the Commission may adopt them, unless the European Parliament objects.

Health claims made on foods

The Council decided not to oppose the adoption of the following two Commission regulations on health claims made on foods:

• a regulation refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods, other than those referring to the reduction of disease risk and to children's development and health (15794/14)
• a regulation refusing to authorise certain health claims made on foods and referring to children's development and health (15795/14).

The Commission regulations are subject to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny. This means that now that the Council has given its consent, the Commission may adopt them, unless the European Parliament objects.