Health Supreme Update: EU Court of Justice to Decide Fate of Supplements in Euro

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Health Supreme Update: EU Court of Justice to Decide Fate of

Supplements in Europe

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Health Supreme Update: EU Court of Justice to Decide Fate of

Supplements in Europe

 

June 18, 2005

 

 

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The European Court of Justice is deliberating a challenge to

the European Food Supplements Directive, which is expected to

sharply decrease availability of nutritional supplements in

Europe. The measure is setting tight rules for composition and

envisages maximum dosages for vitamins and minerals,

threatening to eliminate many of the more advanced supplement

formulations from the market. The decision in the case has been

announced for 12 July, just three days after the conclusion of

the Codex Alimentarius Commission's meeting, scheduled to take

place in Rome from 4 to 9 July 2005. Codex is expected to give

final approval to a similar measure, the so-called Codex

vitamin and mineral guidelines, which...

 

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