The health claim that organic food helps protect the body’s cells and molecules (lipids and DNA) from oxidative damage will not be legally allowed in the EU. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) ruled, in a scientific opinion published on Wednesday 20 October, that this claim has no scientific basis.
The application for authorisation was made under the EU Regulation on nutrition and health claims made on foods (Regulation 1924/2006, Article 14), and its scope concerned children’s...