EU: Health claim approvals face delay, warns Brussels
By: Keith Nuthall | 14 July 2009
The European Commission has admitted it will miss its 31 January, 2010, deadline for approving an EU-wide list of allowable health claims for food products.
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The European Commission has admitted it will miss its 31 January, 2010, deadline for approving an EU-wide list of allowable health claims for food products.
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