Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/727 of 11 May 2022 refusing to authorise a health claim made on foods and referring to the reduction of disease risk (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Regulation (EU) 2022/727
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The health claim listed in the Annex to this Regulation shall not be included in the Union list of permitted claims as provided for in Article 14(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX Rejected health claim

ANNEX

Rejected health claim

Application – Relevant provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006

Nutrient, substance, food or food category

Claim

EFSA opinion reference

Article 14(1)(a) health claim referring to a reduction of a disease risk.

‘Symbiosal ® ’ (a food supplement containing sea salt (97 %) plus chitosan (3 %)).

‘Symbiosal ® ’ has been shown to lower the rising of blood pressure when used as a replacement of traditional table salt. The rising of blood pressure is a risk factor for high blood pressure (hypertension).

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