EU Plan To Set Maximum Levels For Vitamins In Supplements Further Delayed

The European Commission's goal of introducing harmonized maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in dietary supplements has been set back by further delays to scientific assessments being carried out by EFSA.

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Plans to introduce harmonized maximum permitted levels for vitamins and minerals in dietary supplements sold in the EU have been further delayed with key work more than a year behind schedule.

The European Food Safety Authority said it requires an additional six months to deliver its scientific opinions on tolerable upper...

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