EU: EFSA rejects majority of initial health claims
By: Keith Nuthall | 1 October 2009
The first assessment of existing food health claims by Europe's food safety watchdog has rejected two thirds of the submissions as unproven.
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The first assessment of existing food health claims by Europe's food safety watchdog has rejected two thirds of the submissions as unproven.
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