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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1924/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/1924",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the european parliament and of the council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-1924",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the use of certain health claims",
  "text": "The following health claims shall not be allowed:\n(a) claims which suggest that health could be affected by not consuming the food;\n(b) claims which make reference to the rate or amount of weight loss;\n(c) claims which make reference to recommendations of individual doctors or health professionals and associations other than national associations of medical, nutrition or dietetic professionals and health-related charities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 12(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Nutrition (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/651), regs. 1(1), 17(13); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on nutrition and health claims made on foods (Official Journal of the European Union L 404 of 30 December 2006)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/1924/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:11.827681+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}