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Dispatches from the CIAA Congress
EFSA does not believe that a negative opinion is the end of the road for 13.1 health claims, but it expects some to be resubmitted with a new slate of data behind them, according to Catherine Geslain-Lanéelle.
The Kellogg Company will pay consumers up to $2.75m over misleading kids’ attention claims for its Frosted Mini-Wheats cereals, after a federal judge reached a class action settlement.
Vitamin D status may be governed by genetic factors during the winter that are downplayed during the summer, according to a new study.
Supplements containing folic acid, a key recommendation for women of child-bearing age, do not produce an accumulation of un-metabolized folic acid in the fetus, says a new study from Germany.
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Martek Bioscience has said it is expanding its omega-3 range by commercializing two new products – a new emulsion version of its vegetarian life’s DHA and a DHA/EPA blend from algal sources.
US firm Proprietary Nutritionals Inc (PNI) has announced that its Cran-Max ingredient is now available with a minimal PAC (proanthocyanidin) content of 7.2 percent per 500 mg.
GNC is launching Longevity Factors, the retailers first and only complete line of nutritional supplements designed to promote healthy aging.
Dispatches from HIE 2010
Lipid Nutrition global group manager in marketing, John Kurstjens, is “a little bit disappointed” about the recent EFSA health claim opinion on CLA which included a range of claim dismissals but remained strangely silent about the claim that matters most...