20.500.12556/RUL-134759 Comparison of requirements for using health claims on foods in the European Union, the USA, Canada, and Australia/New Zealand Nutrition is recognized as one of the leading factors influencing the growing incidence of noncommunicable diseases. Despite society experiencing a global rise in obesity, specific populations remain at risk of nutrient deficiencies. The food industry can use health claims to inform consumers about the health benefits of foods through labeling and the broader promotion of specific food products. As health claims are carefully regulated in many countries, their use is limited due to considerable investments required to fulfill the regulatory requirement. Although health claims represent a driving force for innovation in the food industry, the risk of misleading of consumers need to be avoided. The health claim scientific substantiation process must be efficient and transparent in order to meet the needs of companies in the global market, but should be based on strong scientific evidence and plausible mechanisms of actions, to ensure highest level of consumer protection. The objective of this review is to compare the possibilities for using health claims on foods in the European Union, the USA, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand. In particular, we focused on differences in the classification of claims, on the scientific substantiation processes and requirements for health claims use on foods in the selected regions. Reduction of disease risk (RDR) claims are associated with relatively similar procedures and conditions for use, whereas several notable differences were identified for other types of claims. In all cases, RDR claims must be approved prior their introduction to the market, and only a few such claims have been authorized. Much greater differences were observed concerning other types of claims. food labeling functional foods health claims regulation substantiation prehrana označevanje živil zdravstvene zahteve predpisi true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2022-01-31 11:26:32 2022-01-31 11:26:33 2022-09-14 04:09:45 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2021 0 0 Str. 1307-1332 iss. 2 Vol. 20 2021 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 612.3 1541-4337 10.1111/1541-4337.12716 51072259 RAZ_Kusar_Anita_2021.pdf RAZ_Kusar_Anita_2021.pdf 1 8A2D7FDC51026BAD26AD173E368DD292 88679cf7a9f50fafc4620ecbf43b15d6bd69ddb6ee6f5c82ec621b0758949980 72d60144-828c-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153386 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1541-4337.12716 1 0d50bcca-8280-11ec-abdb-00155dcfd717 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=153383 Biotehniška fakulteta 0 0 0