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Danone awaits EFSA decision for the health claims on Activia and Actimel

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Monday, March 29, 2010, In : labelling 
French food group Danone waits a European ruling on the health benefit claims it makes on two of its best-selling yoghurts Activia and Actimel. The decision expected from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is important for Danone mainly because its strategy focuses on differentiating dairy brands with a "good for you" proposition. If a negative decision appears, this could ultimately force Danone to redesign its  growth model in dairy business, which made up almost 60 percent of the gr...
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Labelling: Smart Choices Program Put on Hold in USA

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Thursday, October 29, 2009, In : labelling 
In response to an Oct. 20 open letter from FDA, the Smart Choices Program, Washington, D.C., announced that it will "voluntarily postpone active operations and not encourage wider use of the [Smart Choices] logo by either new or currently enrolled companies."

Introduced in August, the Smart Choices program was developed, in part, to respond to earlier governmental calls for more uniform, front-of-packaging labeling. It used a green check-mark label "to help shoppers easily identify smarter ...


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