UK Department of Health & Social Care

02/22/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 02/22/2022 12:22

Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register

Guidance

Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register

Register of nutrition and health claims that may be made in commercial communications in Great Britain.

From:Department of Health and Social CarePublished31 December 2020Last updated 22 February 2022 - See all updates

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Documents

Details

The Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register sets out all authorised and rejected nutrition and health claims.

Only authorised claims in the Great Britain NHC register may be used in Great Britain.

The annex to the Great Britain NHC register lists health claims authorised on the basis of proprietary (privately owned) data.

The register should be used with the guidance on nutrition and health claims on foods.

Published 31 December 2020
Last updated 22 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. 22 February 2022

    Replaced the 'Annex to Great Britain nutrition and health claims register of health claims authorised on the basis of proprietary data' with a more accessible ODS version, and updated the 'Great Britain nutrition and health claims register' following the UK's departure from the EU. One claim (001UKNHCC) and additional notes have been added to the register.

  2. 25 January 2021

    Updated the 'Great Britain nutrition and health claims register' to include a new sheet that lists the nutrition claims on the register.

  3. 12 January 2021

    Added link in details section to guidance on nutrition and health claims on foods.

  4. 31 December 2020

    First published.