This training program will discuss what is a NCC (Nutrition Content Claims), a GLHC (General Level Health Claims), a HLHC (High Level Health Claims), and the conditions for making these claims. Attendees will understand the conditions on the types of foods that can carry nutrition content and health claims and the process to self-substantiate a food health relationship and requirements for FSANZ notification.
The new health claims regulatory system is a detailed, complex framework of conditions, prescriptions and prohibitions food businesses must be aware of to ensure food label compliance. This program will focus on how food businesses can benefit from regulatory opportunities the new framework creates.
Why Should You Attend:
This webinar training will analyze how compliance with Standard 1.2.7 Nutrition, Health and Related Claims (Australian New Zealand Food Standards Code) is now mandatory for all food businesses involved in the sale and advertising of food in Australia//NZ.The new health claims regulatory system is a detailed, complex framework of conditions, prescriptions and prohibitions food businesses must be aware of to ensure food label compliance. This program will focus on how food businesses can benefit from regulatory opportunities the new framework creates.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand what is a NCC, a GLHC, a HLHC and the conditions for making these claims
- Know the conditions on the types of foods that can carry nutrition content and health claims
- Understand the process to self -substantiate a food health relationship and requirements for FSANZ notification
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- Nutrition Content Claims (NCC)
- General Level Health Claims (GLHC)
- FSANZ pre-approved food health relationships
- Statutory process for self-substantiation of food health relationships
- High Level Health Claims (HLHC)
- Endorsements
- Nutrition Profile Scoring Criteria (NPSC)
- Food medicine interface guidance tool application
- Government developed guidance materials in the making of claims
- Discussion of the compliance and enforcement strategy in the monitoring of health claims, as reported by enforcement agencies
Who Will Benefit:
This course is designed for people marketing foods with claimed health benefits in Australia and New Zealand. This includes individuals that have regulatory affairs, marketing or quality management systems responsibilities for making general improvements in their organization’s performance specifically related to maximizing sales through the promotion of claimed health benefits. The following personnel will benefit from the course:- Marketing and advertising professionals
- Labelling compliance specialists
- Senior quality managers
- Quality professionals
- Regulatory professionals
- Compliance professionals
- Production supervisors
- Design engineers
- Process owners
- Document control specialists
Course Provider
Janine Curll,
