Health written question – answered at on 16 March 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what impact assessment was carried out by the European Commission on the proposed EU regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods.
The text of the proposal, deposited for scrutiny in both houses under Explanatory Memorandum 11646/03 in August 2003, included an impact assessment by the European Commission. A regulatory impact assessment (RIA) prepared by the Food Standards Agency was also deposited at the same time.
The Government's RIA has been and will continue to be updated and revised to reflect progress in the negotiations on this proposal and information received from consultations with stakeholders. The most recent version was copied to the Chairmen of the European Scrutiny Committees of both Houses in April 2005.
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