European Commission Suggests ‘Traditional Use’ Could Resolve Botanicals Deadlock

Five years in the making, the European Commission delivers its assessment of the botanical ingredients in food supplements situation, suggesting that 'traditional use' may be a way out of the deadlock. 

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The European Commission has suggested that "traditional use" could be explored as a way to resolve the decade-long deadlock on health claims on plants used in food supplements marketed within the European Union.

Itself five-years in the pipeline, the Commission’s evaluation found that the objectives of the Nutrition and Health claims Regulation (EC)...

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