Authority — the European Food Safety Authority established by Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 7.

claim — any message or representation, which is not mandatory under Community or national legislation, including pictorial, graphic or symbolic representation, in any form, which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular characteristics 1.

final consumer — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (a)

food — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (a)

food business operator — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (a)

health claim — any claim that states, suggests or implies that a relationship exists between a food category, a food or one of its constituents and health 5.

labelling — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (d)

nutrient — protein, carbohydrate, fat, fibre, sodium, vitamins and minerals listed in the Annex to Directive 90/496/EEC, and substances which belong to or are components of one of those categories 2.

nutrition claim — any claim which states, suggests or implies that a food has particular beneficial nutritional properties due to: the energy (calorific value) it provides, provides at a reduced or increased rate, or does not provide; and/or the nutrients or other substances it contains, contains in reduced or increased proportions, or does not contain 4.

other substance — a substance other than a nutrient that has a nutritional or physiological effect 3.

placing on the market — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own (a)

reduction of disease risk claim — any health claim that states, suggests or implies that the consumption of a food category, a food or one of its constituents significantly reduces a risk factor in the development of a human disease 6.