Conference:
Health Claims 2012: Now it's for real!
Ljubljana, 19 January 2012 (CCIS Business-Conference Centre - GZS)
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We would like to invite you to attend an international
conference on health claims regulation. We will present you the latest
news and interesting developments in this field with the help of
leading European experts. |
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About the Conference:
- Programme and speakers
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Conference schedule [PDF]
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To whom is the Conference intended?
The Conference is intended for companies, state
authorities and researchers. As regards companies
encountering foods or dietary supplements in their line of work,
topics will prove especially interesting for associates in development
and quality, technologists, strategists and designers of packaging and
advertisements. The event will also be very interesting to
researchers dealing with the influence of foods and their ingredients
on people’s health.
This year, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) finished
assessing the general health claims and a list of approved
and prohibited claims will be published shortly enabling the inspection services
to supervise
how the claims are used in practice. Year 2012 will be a key year from
this aspect. At the Conference, we will
discuss what this means for companies, community and research
organisations.
About the Conference
The 2012 Health Claims Conference will take place in the year that is
of key importance with regard to the enforcement of the Regulation (EC)
No. 1924/2006 on use of health claims on foods and dietary
supplements. While the
transitional period still enabled the use of many general health
claims, this will change significantly in 2012 with the introduction
of a Community register listing all approved and prohibited claims.
Out of 2,758 claims undergoing assessment, the EFSA has published
favourable opinions on only 20% of claims, which is something that is
going to have a great impact on the market. Companies will
face problems on how to withdraw or replace the rejected claims, what
kind of claims are allowed, how to use the approved claims in an
appropriate manner, how much manoeuvring space they have in forming
texts containing such claims, how the consumers understand them and
how to plan research so as to substantiate new health claims.
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Content
- News with regard to health claims within Regulation (EC) No.
1924/2006
- Critical events for year 2012
- Which claims will remain on the market (a systematic overview)
and how to withdraw unauthorised claims?
- Health claim wording – from expert requirements to
consumer understanding
- How do consumers react to health claims made on foods and what
does this mean with regard to purchase decisions?
- How to perform studies to substantiate new health claims?
- What experience was gained through the enforcement of the
Regulation by companies across Europe?
- What changes are wanted by the industry, consumers and the
states?
- What is happening with nutrition profiles which will restrict the
use of claims to foods with an otherwise beneficial nutritional
composition?
The official Conference will begin at 10 am. We reserve the
right to change the programme and lecturers. Final programme
will be published on this website latter
on.
>> info
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Note
Our last Health Claims Conference was organised in cooperation with
the Chamber of Agricultural and Food Enterprises in December 2010
and attended by nearly 150 participants. All relevant enterprises
dealing with foods and dietary supplements were represented at the
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Following speakers
have already confirmed their speeches:
- Basil Mathioudakis, European Commission,
Health and Consumers Directorate General (DG
SANCO), Belguim, Head of Unit "Nutrition, food
composition and information"
- Patrick Coppens, EAS, Belgium
- Dr Joerg Gruenwald, Analyze & Realize AG, Germany
- Dr. Klaus G Grunert, Aarhus School of Business, Danmark
- Dr Elizabeta Mičovič, specialist on nutrition and health claim
regulation and food labelling
- Dr Igor Pravst, Nutrition Institute, Ljubljana
- Dr. Anita Kušar, Nutrition Institute,
Ljubljana
>> more information about the
lecturers
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Registration and cancellation
In order to register for the Conference, fill in the e-registration
form on your right. The registration form can also be sent via fax
number + 386 (0)1 300 79 81, or by post to the Institute's address.
The participation fee includes attendance at the Conference, written
material and refreshments. Participants will receive attendance
certificate.
Early registration (by 15th November):
€350
Registration after 15th November 2011: €400
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Register on time!
Our last two conferences on health claims were completely sold
out, forcing us to reject the final registration forms. In order
to avoid such situations we would like to ask everyone wishing to
ensure their spot at the Conference to register on time. We have
also ensured participant-friendly conditions in order to save you
unnecessary worries with regard to early registration: In the
event of a cancellation, your participation fee will be refunded
in full for the entire duration of early registration. Early
registration payment falls due on 15th November regardless of when
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Prices are exclusive of VAT. The participation fee must be settled
in full prior to attending the Conference. If you cannot attend the
event, you may send someone else to the Conference in your stead.
Please remit the participation fee amount to the transaction account
No. SI56 3400 0101 2501 108 open with Sparkasse d.d. Ljubljana (BIC:
KSPKSI22XXX).
After receiving your registration form, we will send you a price
quote / performa invoice. Payment with credit card is also possible
via on-line registration form (PayPal). In case of payment by credit
card refund can be subject of processing charge of 3.4% + 0.35 EUR.
The conference fee payment for early registration falls due on
15 November 2011, and on 9 January 2012 for other
registrations. Attendance at the Conference may be cancelled with full
refund by 15 November 2011. For
cancellations after this date, half of the paid conference fee will
be charged, and the full conference fee will be charged after 9
January 2012.
Location
The event will take place at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
of the Republic of Slovenia's (GZS) Business-Conference Centre, which
is easily accessible and located at Dimičeva 13 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
(Hall A).
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Nutrition Institute
Vodnikova 126, 1000 Ljubljana,
Slovenia
tel.: + 386 5 906 88 70
fax: + 386 1 300 79 81
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The Nutrition Institute deals with nutrition-related research and
education. We unite top experts in this field which also enables us to
provide excellent expert support to the industry. Our activity
comprises, among other things, development and consultancy in the
field of functional foods in relation to which we offer, for example,
help in formulating products and conducting stability studies for said
products. Above all, we specialise in the field of using nutritional
and health claims.
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