Resolving Botanicals Deadlock 'Not A Priority' For European Commission

Tensions between industry and the European Commission on the issue of  health claims for botanical food supplements were aired on the second day of the BAH's High Level Conference on the Future of Medicines, with the EC saying the EU Green Deal is now higher up on its list of priorities for the foreseeable future. 

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Despite dragging on for a decade now, the issue of how health claims for herbal ingredients in food supplements are regulated within the European Union has once again slipped to the back of the queue, according to the European Commission’s Sabine Jülicher.

“Currently there are so many competing priorities that further work on [this issue] is not the top priority” she admitted at an event this week, speaking in her capacity as director for Food and Feed Safety Innovation

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