Plans to tax food supplements in Ireland will place these products and their benefits out of reach for people, especially those living with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an experts says.
Italian food authorities issue guidance on the purity of amino acids in dietary supplements becoming only the second European country to do so in moves intended to guarantee consumers ‘a high level of protection’.
A cannabidiol (CBD) manufacturer is calling for greater regulatory controls after independent analyses of 31 CBD-based products found varying levels of active ingredients as well as CBD-related labelling issues.
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Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) has for the first time issued a direct warning to a named company under the consumer safety law regarding health foods.
Belgium’s Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (FASFC) is recalling a popular fat-burning supplement over concerns about the product’s caffeine content.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) says there is no single age to introduce complementary infant feeding in Europe, citing individual characteristics and development as deciding factors.
A technical report by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) details safety concerns the Agency has for placing leaf powder of Moringa stenopetala on the market as a traditional food (TF).
Norway’s Food Safety Authority, Mattilsynet instructs food stores to withdraw a Yerba mate tea product from the market after traces of a laxative drug were found by inspectors.
Probiotics, vitamins and minerals are under scrutiny by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) as a governing body proposes their removal from a list of routinely prescribed remedies.
The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (CAFIA) is warning consumers to avoid food supplements containing excess mercury levels that are available on the auction site eBay.
The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) finally publish dietary reference values (DRVs) for sodium and chloride marking the culmination of a decade’s work by the Agency’s nutrition scientists.
Slovakia looks to have eased its stance on cannabidiol (CBD) use as the country’s government deletes it from a list of psychotropic ingredients, essentially classing CBD as a non-regulated substance.
