来源：食品伙伴网
    据欧盟网站消息，4月1日欧盟发布法规（EU）2015/539，批准一项可可黄烷醇的健康声称。新法规自发布后20日起生效。
    该健康声称为，每日摄入200mg可可黄烷醇可以帮助维持血管弹性，有助于维持正常的血液循环。可可黄烷醇仅限用于可可饮料（与可可粉混合）与黑巧克力。
    部分原文报道如下：
    Article 1
    1.   The health claim set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall be included in the Union list of permitted claims as provided for in Article 13（3） of Regulation （EC） No 1924/2006.
    2.   The use of the health claim referred to in the first paragraph shall be restricted to the applicant for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. After the expiry of that period, that health claim may be used, in conformity with the conditions applying to it, by any food business operator.
    Article 2
    The scientific data and other information included in the application, which are claimed by the applicant as proprietary and without the submission of which the health claim could not have been authorised are restricted for use for the benefit of the applicant for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation under the conditions laid down in Article 21（1） of Regulation （EC） No 1924/2006.
    原文链接：<http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv:OJ.L_.2015.088.01.0007.01.ENG>