Proposed European Legislation on Claims to hit Functional Food, Nutraceuticals and Dietary Supplements industry
The growing number of health claims made on foods and the increasing incidence of obesity and non-communicable diseases in Europe have united the Member States of the European Union around new legislation on nutrition and health claims. This proposal, which was met with mixed emotions by the food industry, will fundamentally change the way in which many functional foods, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements are marketed in the EU. While the proposal will create a centralised pre-marketing authorisation procedure and make Reduction of Disease Risk Claims possible, it is expected to drive from products many of the lower level claims currently in use.
While the draft has been welcomed by some of the larger multi-national food companies many smaller businesses are still largely unaware of the tidal wave that is going to hit them when this legislation comes into force.
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Indiana University Set Up Sugar Center
Indiana University researchers will develop a new center to investigate sugar's role in such health issues as alcoholism and cancer, with the help of $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health.
IU Bloomington chemist Milos Novotny and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine and School of Informatics will establish the National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics.
Many of Novotny's current research projects involve the attachment of sugars to large molecules inside the human body. The sugar chains serve several functions. Among them are acting as "tags" to put the body's immune system at ease and playing a role in alcoholism and some types of cancer.
Glycomics is the general study of these sugar chains. Glycoproteomics examines differences in the way the sugar chains are attached to proteins.
Staff at the center will create new technologies to improve the ability of scientists to investigate biological sugars, leading to a better understanding of sugar biology. Staff also will handle investigations of glycoprotein markers associated with cancer and alcoholism, endocrinology-center studies including fertilization, and comparative research about plants and animals.
-- Barb Berggoetz
Indiana University researchers will develop a new center to investigate sugar's role in such health issues as alcoholism and cancer, with the help of $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health.
IU Bloomington chemist Milos Novotny and colleagues in the Department of Chemistry, School of Medicine and School of Informatics will establish the National Center for Glycomics and Glycoproteomics.
Many of Novotny's current research projects involve the attachment of sugars to large molecules inside the human body. The sugar chains serve several functions. Among them are acting as "tags" to put the body's immune system at ease and playing a role in alcoholism and some types of cancer.
Glycomics is the general study of these sugar chains. Glycoproteomics examines differences in the way the sugar chains are attached to proteins.
Staff at the center will create new technologies to improve the ability of scientists to investigate biological sugars, leading to a better understanding of sugar biology. Staff also will handle investigations of glycoprotein markers associated with cancer and alcoholism, endocrinology-center studies including fertilization, and comparative research about plants and animals.
-- Barb Berggoetz
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