Codex adopts new dietary supplement provisions

The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted new provisions for food supplements, including recommendations on the substantiation of health claims.

The provisions adopted by the Codex decision-making body during a meeting that took place last week have been welcomed by the supplements industry, which said they are in line with its own recommendations.

These Codex provisions, which now become official Codex Standards and Guidelines, include:

* Recommendations on the Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims
* Nutritional Risk Analysis Principles
* Provisions on Gum Arabic
* The definition and table of conditions of dietary fibre
* The use of eight food colours in food supplements

Health claims – Risk analysis

The adopted Recommendations on the Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims now take into account the totality of the available relevant scientific data and weighing of the evidence for substantiating a health claim, rather than placing primary importance on human intervention trials..............................
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