Foodlaw-Reading
Dr David Jukes, The University of Reading, UK
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DHSS Publication, 15 March 2023
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UKNHCC annual report 2022 A copy of the report is available on this site (click on image). Provided under the Open Government Licence. The original web page was accessed from: |
The following is the Foreword from the Report at Chaired by Professor Susan Fairweather-Tait:
It is my pleasure to introduce the second annual report of the United Kingdom Nutrition and Health Claims Committee (UKNHCC) which covers the work of the committee in 2022. This is my second report as Chair of UKNHCC.
The secretariat continued to facilitate virtual meetings to allow the committee to discuss, process, and assess submitted health claim applications.
Throughout 2022 the committee and secretariat continued to work on a draft Framework for Evaluation of Evidence Submitted for the Substantiation of Nutrition and Health Claims which was subsequently published.
In August 2022, UKNHCC received its first application for an Article 14 (1) (a) health claim on a single component of Morus alba (white mulberry) leaf extract and assisting healthy blood glucose levels and published the Scientific Opinion in January 2023.
As Chair, and member of SACN and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) Advisory Committee on Novel Foods and Processes (ACNFP), I continue to provide a link between the committees, and I look forward to providing updates where relevant. Finally, I would like to give sincere thanks to members of the committee and the secretariat, for their commitment to the work of UKNHCC in 2022.
