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Consultation Outcome Published 6 Feb 2024 Office for Health Improvement and Disparities ↗ View on GOV.UK

Nutrition and health claims on food: proposed legislative reforms

We are seeking views on proposed changes in relation to nutrition labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) retained EU law.

Opened 9 Aug 2023
Closed 31 Oct 2023
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The government wants to ensure that consumers can have confidence in the food they buy, and any health benefits promoted on the label.

The nutrition and health claims regulations ensure that claims made about a food or drink are accurate and not misleading so that consumers can make informed choices to meet their lifestyle and nutritional needs.

The government is proposing changes in relation to nutrition-related labelling, composition and standards (NLCS) retained EU law.

The consultation sets out 2 proposals:

  • reforming nutrition and health claims enforcement in England by introducing an improvement notices regime
  • removing redundant tertiary legislation that approved or rejected health claims