Topic: Codex


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    IADSA Dispels Codex Supplement Myths
    10/20/2009 - BRUSSELS, Belgium— The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has spoken out against what it calls “false statements vilifying the goals, purpose and transparency of Codex Alimentarius’ work on food supplements” that have peppered the Internet in recent weeks. The alliance has monitored Codex for more than 10 years and said the recent spate of false accusations...
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    SupplySide West Stevia Post-Conference Workshop
    09/28/2009 - “Stevia: Trends, Product Development and Regulatory Update” is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 from 8:30 to 11:30am after SupplySide West, which will be held Nov. 11 to 13, 2009, at The Venetian & Sands Expo in Las Vegas. ...
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    Emerging International Markets for Dietary Supplements
    08/25/2009 - Implementation of regulatory initiatives in the United States, including GMPs and serious AER tracking, holds potential to expand the global market to U.S. producers, provided there is a level import/export playing field. ...
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    Codex Committee OK’s Colors for Supplements
    03/27/2009 - BEIJING—The Codex Committee on Food Additives agreed to adopt nine colors for use in food supplements. During its March 17 meeting here, the committee agreed to put forward Allura Red AC (300 mg/kg), Caramel Colour, Class IV (20,000 mg/kg), Carotenoids (300 mg/kg), Chlorophylls, Copper Complexes (500 mg/kg), Erythrosine (300 mg/kg), Fast Green FCF (600 mg/kg), Grape Skin Extracts (500 mg/kg),...
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    Codex Broadens Scope of Claims Substantiation
    11/12/2008 - CAPE TOWN, South Africa—The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) reported at the Codex meeting here in early November, the Codex Nutrition Committee agreed that health claims will be scientifically evaluated through a compilation of all scientific evidence, not only human intervention studies. IADSA filed comments on the topic of scientific substantiation...
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    IADSA Wants All Codex’s Evidence for Health Claims
    10/23/2008 - The scientific substantiation of health claims must be based on a systematic and objective compilation of all the available scientific evidence, the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) said.Providing its comments on the Proposed Draft Recommendations on the Scientific Basis of Health Claims for the Codex Nutrition Committee meeting in South Africa next month,...
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    Codex Redrafting Health Claims Recommendations
    12/18/2007 - BRUSSELS— The International Alliance of Dietary Supplement Associations (IADSA) reported Codex has sent its draft health claims recommendations back to the drawing board, following concerns over the weight given to the different types of evidence required for scientific substantiation. At its meeting in November in Bad Neuenahr, Germany, the Codex Nutrition Committee agreed the draft was in need...
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    CODEX Rejects Precautionary Exclusion … Again
    05/07/2007 - PARIS— In proceedings held here April 3, the full Codex Committee of General Principles (CCGP) again rejected the inclusion into a new draft of a precautionary principle, which would have allowed governments to take certain preventive measures for foods in cases where scientific evidence on the safety of the food is uncertain. The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations...
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    Setting the Record Straight
    01/09/2006 - Setting the Record Straight by John P. Venardos I am sure that when former Vice President Al Gore “invented” the Internet, he did not intend its worldwide reach to foster the dissemination of misinformation. Unfortunately, that is exactly what has occurred recently concerning international trade in dietary supplements, financed in part by companies that are not strangers to regulatory enforcement...
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