Food Supplements: German Risk Institute Takes Dim View

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20 Jan 2005 21:50:11 -0000

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Health Supreme Update: Food Supplements: German Risk

Institute Takes Dim View

 

sepp

 

Health Supreme Update: Food Supplements: German Risk Institute Takes

Dim View

 

January 20, 2005

 

 

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The German Federal Institute for Risk Evaluation, formerly the

Federal Office for Consumer Health Protection, has established

a risk assessment model for deducing maximum safe levels of

nutrients provided in supplements and fortified foods,

according to a recent report of nutraingredients.com. The

report was published in two parts, one dealing with minerals,

the other with vitamins, both available in PDF format - so far

only in German language (Minerals here) (Vitamins here). We

will have to wait some months for a translation, I am told.

Germany has long been one of the most restrictive countries on

vitamin and mineral products, perhaps because of the relative

strength of its pharmaceutical industry,...

 

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Sepp

 

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