据外媒报道，近日欧盟议会下属环境、公共健康和食品安全委员会投票否决了健康声称"碳水化合物有助于维持正常的大脑功能"。
尽管EFSA已于2011年得出结论认为，消费碳水化合物和维持正常大脑功能之间以确定存在因果关系。然而一些成员国认为，批准该健康声称会导致糖消费量增加。
部分原文报道如下：
The European Parliament has vetoed a health claim linking carbohydrate consumption to normal brain function after objections that it could promote sugar consumption.
The claim, that "carbohydrates contribute to the maintenance of normal brain function", was rejected by just one vote by the parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee last week, despite an EFSA panel's conclusion in 2011 that "a cause and effect relationship has been established between the consumption of glycaemic carbohydrates and maintenance of normal brain function".
Some member states had suggested that the authorisation of such a claim could be "potentially confusing to the consumer, particularly in light of national dietary advice to reduce sugars consumption."
原文链接：http://www.foodnavigator.com/Product-Categories/Carbohydrates-and-fibres-sugar-starches/European-Parliament-rejects-carbohydrate-health-claim
日期：2013-10-11
