Guidance for the scientific requirements for health claims related to antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular health

• Main Authors: EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (EFSA NDA Panel), Dominique Turck, Jean‐Louis Bresson, Barbara Burlingame, Tara Dean, Susan Fairweather‐Tait, Marina Heinonen, Karen Ildico Hirsch‐Ernst, Inge Mangelsdorf, Harry J McArdle, Androniki Naska, Monika Neuhäuser‐Berthold, Grażyna Nowicka, Kristina Pentieva, Yolanda Sanz, Anders Sjödin, Martin Stern, Daniel Tomé, Henk Van Loveren, Marco Vinceti, Peter Willatts, Ambroise Martin, John Joseph Strain, Leng Heng, Silvia Valtueña Martínez, Alfonso Siani
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
• Series: EFSA Journal
• Subjects: health claims; scientific requirements; antioxidants; oxidative damage; cardiovascular health; guidance
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5136

Abstract EFSA asked the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) to update the guidance on the scientific requirements for health claims related to antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular health published in 2011. The update takes into accounts experiences gained with evaluation of additional health claim applications related to antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular health, and the information collected from a Grant launched in 2014. This guidance is intended to assist applicants in preparing applications for the authorisation of health claims related to the antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular health. The document was subject to public consultation (from 12 July to 3 September 2017). This document supersedes the guidance on the scientific requirements for health claims related to antioxidants, oxidative damage and cardiovascular health published in 2011. It is intended that the guidance will be further updated as appropriate in the light of experience gained from the evaluation of health claims.