Archives for May 4, 2010

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Probi handed six months to alter probiotic messaging

By Shane Starling

Swedish probiotics supplier Probi has six months to cease linking its probiotic strain Lactobacillus plantarum 299v with improved iron absorption, after its health claim rejection was written into the Official Journal of the European Union this week.

Food industry charts 5 year progress on healthy lifestyles

By Jess Halliday

The food industry has received ringing praise from the EU’s director general for health and consumers are it charts five years of progress towards helping make a healthier, more balanced diet and lifestyle attainable by consumers.