The report that a man had to be rushed for a liver transplant after taking green tea supplements has prompted a warning about the dangers of higher dose pills.
Deregulation and the lack of specific EU rules for specialised nutrition such as sports products pose concrete risks including consumer confusion, loss of innovation and market fragmentation.
The International Probiotics Association (IPA) has urged the industry to support its efforts to bring consistency to the global regulatory landscape, so that the rules can keep pace with technology and scientific advancement.
The European Commission and European Food Safety Authority must face up to the lack of ‘proper’ dialogue between health claims applicants and regulators, says EHPM, as it calls for reforms of the current system.
The European Commission (EC) is refusing to authorise two health claims made on products that combine nutrients that profess to reduce disease risk and aid in weight management.
Food and Agriculture Organisation’s director-general José Graziano da Silva has called for legal and institutional frameworks to take the lead in addressing dietary gaps that characterise malnutrition.
The European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) has set a number of deadlines to register interest and submit data for a range of common food additives found in infant formula products and foods.
Flour looks likely to be fortified with folic acid under new plans set out by the UK Government, bringing the country in line with fortification guidelines in the EU that prevent birth defects, such as spina bifida.
The European Commission (EC) intends to authorise for the first time a health claim arising from the combined effects of a number of substances, in a decision that affects firms backing the synergistic effect of nutrients in their products.
Italy’s Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) has fined lifestyle firm Life120 over €500,000 after the company were guilty of making false claims and employing ‘non-transparent’ methods in promoting its food supplement range
The European Commission (EC) has made a series of amendments to its Union list of permitted additives, specifically the groups used for food supplements; further clarifying differences in chewable and syrup products.
Low-substituted hydroxypropyl cellulose (L-HPC) has received the thumbs-up by the European Commission for use as a food supplement additive in tablet form.
Evonik has received the go-ahead from European authorities to market its high-concentration omega-3 lysine powder complex AvailOm in the European Union, the company confirmed.
