食品伙伴网导读：欧盟食品安全局将于2010年6月1日在意大利帕尔玛召开有关营养声称相关人员的技术会议。

       原文报道：Health claims evaluation under Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

Background
Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006[1] harmonises the provisions that relate to nutrition and health claims and establishes rules governing the Community authorisation of health claims made on foods. Up to now the EFSA Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) has adopted and published 63 scientific opinions related to children and disease risk reduction health claim applications (Article 14 health claims) and 15 opinions related to health claim applications based on newly developed science and/or proprietary data (Article 13.5 health claims). Out of the over 4000 general function health claims (Article 13.1 health claims) submitted to EFSA via the Member States/European Commission, the NDA Panel has evaluated 937 claims and published them in respective opinions.

In the light of the experience gained with the health claims evaluations, EFSA provided in 2009 further advice and organised two meetings with various stakeholders. For health claim applications (Article 14 and 13.5 health claims) EFSA provided additional advice to applicants in form of a frequently asked question document (FAQ). The draft FAQ was subject to public consultation and discussed at a meeting with applicants in June 2009 before its finalisation and publication in September 2009. In order to update Member States and the European Commission on the evaluation of Article 13.1 health claims, EFSA held a meeting with them in October 2009. To this end a draft briefing document was prepared and discussed at the meeting, which was updated after the meeting and published in December 2009.

In order to ensure continuous discussion and information exchange with stakeholders EFSA is organising this meeting. EFSA is currently preparing an updated and combined briefing document for stakeholders on the evaluation of Article 13.1, 13.5 and 14 health claims which will serve as a basis for discussion at the meeting.

Objective of the meeting
The objective of the meeting is to provide an update on EFSA’s health claims evaluations and to have an exchange of views between experts from food industry/applicants, Member States, European Commission, NDA Panel members and EFSA staff. Topics to be discussed will include

General conditions for substantiation of claims
Scientific criteria for substantiation of claims
Pertinent studies for substantiation
Totality of the available scientific evidence
Characterisation of food/constituent
Beneficial physiological effects
Risk factors for disease risk reduction claims
Target population
Procedural aspects
Structure of the meeting
The meeting will be organised in a way that provides for interactive exchange of expert views.
Experts from EFSA’s NDA Panel and staff from EFSA’s NDA Unit will provide an update on key issues related to the scientific substantiation of health claims and in relation to procedural aspects of health claims applications and Article 13 health claims. There will be an opportunity for an exchange of views on questions/comments arising during the meeting. Member State experts, officials from the European Commission and experts from food industry will be invited to contribute to the meeting. Registered attendees will be asked prior to the meeting to submit questions/comments to be addressed at the meeting. An updated briefing document for stakeholders on the evaluation of Article 13.1, 13.5 and 14 health claims will be published after the meeting together with a summary report of the meeting.

Who should attend?
The meeting is intended for experts from Member States, industry/applicants, consultants, or other experts involved in health claims.

Registration
For logistical reasons participation will be limited to 250 participants. Interested participants are requested to register by 3 May 2010.

The registration form can be found at: https://services.aimgroup.it/ASPClient/home.asp?EventoID=2617  

Given that one of the aims of the meeting is to cover a wide number of different stakeholders, EFSA will limit the participation per organisation. Your acceptance to the meeting will be confirmed after the closing of the registration.

Travel and accommodation
Participation to the meeting is free of charge. Participants are asked to make their own travel arrangements. For your convenience EFSA will make a block reservation of hotel rooms for the nights of 31 May 2010 and 1 June 2010 at convenient hotels in Parma; EFSA will provide further information at a later stage.

Dates and venue
The meeting will be held on 1 June 2010 in Parma, Italy. The meeting will start at 09.00 and end at 17.00 on the same day. The event venue is Auditorium Paganini, Via Toscana 5, Parma (Italy).
The venue is located in a public park (Parco Falcone e Borsellino), which is accessible from Via Toscana, Via Riccardo Barilla and Via Madre Teresa di Calcutta.

Official language
English will be the official language. No simultaneous translations will be provided.

Contacts
Meeting secretary
Cinzia Percivaldi
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Tel. +39 0521 036 689
nutrition.conference@efsa.europa.eu

Scientific coordinator
Dr. Juliane Kleiner
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
Tel. +39 0521 036 411



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[1] European Parliament and Council (2006). Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods. Official Journal of the European Union OJ L 404, 30.12.2006. Corrigendum OJ L 12, 18.1.2007, p. 3–18.

    详情见：http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/events/event/nda100601.htm