ANH launches health claims veto campaign in European Parliament

 

PREVENT THE EU FROM RESTRICTING INFORMATION COMMUNICATING THE BENEFITS TO YOUR HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF FOOD AND NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS

 
ANH-Europe.org
31st January 2012
 
Ask your Member of the European Parliament (MEP) to veto the proposed list of 220 authorised ‘general function’ health claims which will also simultaneously forbid all health claims that have not been scientifically proven to standards set by the controversial European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
 
 

Go to health claim veto campaign pages in English, French and German languages to find out more.

 

Why is it so urgent to act now?

 
Once this list is passed into law, around 2,500 commonly used claims about the health benefits of foods and food ingredients (health claims) will be banned. In the past, these health claims are likely to have made it easier for you to choose particular foods and food supplements to help manage your own health, or that of friends or family.  By comparison, the marketplace used by future generations will contain only a very limited number of frequently repeated, generalised health claims.  With such limited information available, it will be much harder to choose foods and natural health products based on their specific health benefits.

A majority vote in the European Parliament remains the only way to block the passage of the list into European law.
The implications for society — and future generations — are enormous if we allow this reduced, deeply deficient list of health claims to become law.

You have a fundamental right to the information that will help you to understand what you are eating and drinking; to give you the ability to make informed choices; and ultimately, to have control over your own health and wellbeing.  Don’t let the EU take this away from you.

Read more: ANH launches health claims veto campaign in European Parliament
 

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