How effective is food industry self-substantiation of food-health relationships underpinning health claims on food labels in Australia?
Lyndal Wellard-ColeWendy L WatsonClare HughesKathy ChapmanPublished in: Public health nutrition (2019)
To ensure that SLR underpinning food-health relationships are rigorous and reduce regulatory enforcement burden, pre-market approval of food-health relationships should be introduced. This will increase consumer and public health confidence in the regulatory process and prevent potentially misleading general-level health claims on food labels.