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IADSA NEWSFLASH
MAY 2008
CONTENTS
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
CODEX:
GMO labelling
Definition of advertising for adoption
Guidelines on nutrition labelling to be amended
ASIA
JAPAN:
EUROPEAN UNION:
GERMANY:
IRELAND:
NETHERLANDS:
UNITED KINGDOM:
Japan’s new dietary/food supplements law
EUROPE
Update on colours, sweeteners, additives
EFSA assesses safety of lycopene
Vegetarian glucosamine approved for EU use
Health claims update
EFSA conclusions on ‘inadequate’ dossiers
Botanicals: changes to draft safety guidance
Fish oils update
The novel foods regulation
Commission decision on guar gum from India
Concerns about nutrition labelling schemes
FSAI publishes multi-lingual labelling guidance
Test programme for sports supplements
Association queries EFSA opinion
New guidelines on food safety
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA:
UNITED STATES:
Warning on heavy metals in Ayurvedic products
FDA takes on extra food safety personnel
Ephedra products recalled
Prosecution for mislabelled product
FDA analysis of problem selenium products
Surveillance of dietary botanical supplements
Association defends weight loss claims
SOUTH
AMERICA
SOUTH
WEST
PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA &
NEW ZEALAND:
New restrictions for potassium supplements?
FSANZ ministers agree a regulatory system
NZFSA warns against herbal tea
INDEX OF ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS
KEY EVENTS
May 2008
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IADSA
The International Alliance of Dietary /Food Supplements Associations was
founded in 1998 to address the globalization of dietary supplement markets
and increasing regulatory challenges. IADSA brings together 54 dietary
supplement associations with the aim of building a sound legislative and
political environment for the development of the dietary supplement market
worldwide.
IADSA serves its worldwide network of associations and companies by:
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Providing a fast flow of regulatory and policy information on dietary
supplements, ensuring that there is an awareness and understanding of
new developments.
Coordinating strategy and action on global regulatory issues, particularly
in relation to Codex Alimentarius initiatives.
Widening and deepening the network of associations around the world by
helping the establishment of new dietary supplement associations and
supporting existing national associations.
Organizing global and regional events to promote dialogue on the
scientific and regulatory issues underpinning the dietary supplement
market.
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
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CODEX
GMO LABELLING
The Codex Committee on Food Labelling met in Ottawa early this month and
discussed a number of issues that affect dietary supplements.
Regarding the Labelling of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO), the
positions in the Committee continue to be very much divided on whether the
labeling of GMO when these are not present in the final product but have
been used during the production of the product should be mandatory or
voluntary.
The Working Group on GMO will meet again in Ghana, to work further on the
proposed drat Recommendation presented during this year’s meeting. This
text addresses the labelling of GMO and states that when “the characteristics
of a food are significantly altered… the labelling of the food should be
modified to ensure that the food is described … in a truthful manner…”
The Committee agreed to circulate at Step 3 the proposed draft
Recommendation for comments and consideration at next year’s Committee
meeting.
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For further information, contact the IADSA Secretariat at [email protected]
DEFINITION OF ADVERTISING FOR ADOPTION
The Labelling Committee agreed to request the Codex Commission, the
decision-making body in Codex, to adopt and become official at its next
meeting in July the definition of advertising in relation to nutrition and health
claims. The definition as finalized by the Committee reads as follows:
“Advertising means any commercial communication to the public, by any means other than
labelling, in order to promote directly or indirectly, the sale or intake of a food through the use
of nutrition and health claims in relation to the food and its ingredients.”
The Committee further agreed to include this definition in the 2004 Guidelines
for Use of Nutrition and Health Claims as a footnote under the section on the
scope of the Guidelines.
For further information, contact the IADSA Secretariat at [email protected]
GUIDELINES ON NUTRITION LABELLING TO BE AMENDED
In the context of the discussions on the Codex implementation of the 2004
World Health Organisation Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity, and
Health, the Labelling Committee agreed to amend the Codex Guidelines on
Nutrition Labelling to address the list of nutrients to be declared and the
legibility and readability of nutrition labels. This agreement for new work will
have to be considered by the Codex Commission at its July meeting.
The Committee also agreed that, subject to the Commission’s endorsement
for new work, an electronic working group, led by New Zealand and assisted
by Australia and Canada, would develop:
(a) a paper examining the list of nutrients that would need to be declared on
the label and,
(b) another paper outlining the issues related to nutrition labelling to
evaluate whether the nutrition declaration of all pre-packaged foods
should be mandatory.
In addition the Committee agreed that an electronic working group led by the
US would develop criteria/principles for legibility and readability of nutrition
labels.
For further information, contact the IADSA Secretariat at [email protected]
ASIA
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JAPAN
JAPAN’S NEW DIETARY/FOOD SUPPLEMENTS LAW
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The fundamental principles of the New Dietary / Food Supplements Law has
recently been agreed by NNFA Japan and have been released to the media
by NNFA Japan’s Legal Task Force Team.
These principles comprise the following:
1. Name and Definition
2. Health Claims
3. Responsibilities of the Business Operator
4. Scientific Substantiation of Functional Ingredients regarding both Efficacy
and Safety
5. Scientific Substantiation of Dietary / Foods Supplements regarding both
efficacy and Safety
6. Assurance of Quality
7. Education/communication to consumers
8. Post Launch Monitoring and Reporting of Adverse Events
The object of setting out these fundamental principles is to facilitate
discussions among all relevant groups such as members of the Japanese
Parliament, the supplement industry and other stakeholders, so as to be able
to propose the new law to Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Source: NNFA Japan
EUROPE
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EUROPEAN UNION
UPDATE ON COLOURS, SWEETENERS, ADDITIVES
The lead Environment Committee (ENVI) in the European Parliament has now
adopted its amendments to the proposed legislation package for food
additives/enzymes and flavourings.
Points of particular interest include:
 ADDITIVES - AZO colours: the Committee added a clause that if there
is evidence that a specific additive may cause undesirable side-effects
(AZO dyes were quoted as an example), the Commission, in
consultation with Member States, should take immediate action to ban
such a substance. An amendment requiring that the labelling of food
additives containing AZO dyes should carry a warning label was reintroduced despite rejection at first reading by the Commission
because such labeling is outside the scope of this Regulation.
 ENZYMES - the Council of Ministers had already excluded enzymes
for nutritional purposes from the scope of the regulation; the European
Parliament Committee also excluded "enzymes for digestive
purposes".
 FLAVOURS: the Committee’s view was that the adoption of the
Community list of flavours should be postponed from 31 December
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2008 to 31 December 2010 and should only be adopted after the
completion of the evaluation program.
Use of the term 'Natural": the Committee’s view was that 100% of the
source material should be obtained from natural sources, thus
removing several specific requirements relating to the percentage of
source material to be derived from natural sources.
Herbs and Spices: the Committee excluded herbs and spices from the
scope of the regulation. It also reversed the proposed system on
maximum levels: no maximum level is to be defined unless the
European Food Safety Authority assesses the harmfulness of certain
naturally occurring undesirable substances.
In relation to children, the overall view of the Committee is that sweeteners
and colours should not be allowed in foods aimed at children, and that
additives should only be used if they provide an advantage to the consumer.
The European Parliament is expected to vote in Plenary on this issue in July.
Source: EHPM
EFSA ASESSES SAFETY OF LYCOPENE
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) was asked to assess the safety
of the red food colour lycopene from all food sources, taking into account that
contained naturally in fruit and vegetables and the use of lycopene as a food
additive.
Previous assessments of lycopene consumption in the European Union did
not include naturally occurring lycopene found in tomatoes and other fruits
and vegetables. The view of EFSA’s scientific panel is now that for the
majority of consumers, intakes of lycopene from all sources - natural and
where it has been purposely added to foods - are within an Acceptable Daily
Intake (ADI) of 0.5 per kilo of bodyweight per day.
However, the panel also noted that the use of lycopene as a food colour adds
significantly to overall intake, with flavoured drinks contributing up to 66% of
intake in male adults, and more than 90% in pre-school children. As a result,
high consumers of such products may exceed the ADI.
Source: EHPM
VEGETARIAN GLUCOSAMINE APPROVED FOR EU USE
The Food Standards Agency of Ireland (FSAI) has determined that a
vegetarian glucosamine ingredient from a company based in China is
substantially equivalent to the glucosamine derived from shellfish that is
currently on the market in the European Union (EU).
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The FSAI’s opinion has been passed to the European Commission, who have
now confirmed the FSAI determination, with the result that the ingredient may
now be used in food supplements on the EU market.
Source: EHPM
HEALTH CLAIMS UPDATE
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Guidance on Article l5 health claims:
The European Commission’s guidance on the preparation of applications for
the authorisation of health claims under Article 15 or 18 of the Nutrition and
Health Claims Regulation (applications for disease risk reduction claims,
claims involving new or proprietary data, and children’s health claims) has
now been published in the Official Journal of the European Community.
The text lays down technical rules for the preparation and presentation of the
application for health claims, most of which are based on the principles of the
existing European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) Guidance which is now part
of official EU legislation. In comparison with this Guidance, the new
Regulation 353/2008 specifies more clearly that:
 "Each application shall cover only one relationship between a nutrient
or other substance, or food or category of food, and a single claimed
effect".
 "[substantiating data] shall consist primarily of studies in humans and,
in the case of claims referring to children's development and health,
from studies in children"
Additionally, the Annex to the Regulation:
 requires that general principles for the scientific substantiation and
details of food characteristics be provided
 confirms the rules in EFSA’s guidelines rules relating to the content of
the summary and structure of the dossier application
 details the organisation of pertinent scientific and the hierarchy of
studies to be provided.
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Draft terms of reference for the evaluation of Article l3 (generic) health
claims:
The European Commission has now presented the Member State experts on
health claims with its draft proposal for the terms of reference for EFSA when
evaluating Article 13 (generic) health claims.
As expected, the draft terms of reference appear to be largely inspired by
EFSA’s views on the need for a strict approach to the evaluation of
substantiating data, which is causing concerns as to the number of claims
from the industry list that would meet these restrictive standards. EHPM and
its members are taking these issues up with their authorities at national and
EU level.
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Source: EHPM
EFSA CONCLUSIONS ON ‘INADEQUATE’ DOSSIERS
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has now completed its
consideration of 120 dossiers relating to food supplements which were found
not to be adequate for scientific assessment.
Until now, these food supplements have remained on the market in Europe,
through specific derogation, as a result of the submission of these limited
dossiers. Now, as a result of the findings of EFSA’s scientific panel, the
European Commission and Member States are considering the implications
for the future status of these products in the European Union.
These ‘inadequate’ dossiers were part of the 500 dossiers originally received
by EFSA in 2005: applications for nutrient substances used in food
supplements and food to be added to the Annexes of the Food Supplements
Directive. About 170 dossiers have since been withdrawn, 9 opinions have
been issued in relation to substances which relate to a further 30 dossiers,
and work is on-going on the remainder.
Source: EHPM
BOTANICALS: CHANGES TO DRAFT SAFETY GUIDANCE
The response from the food supplement industry to the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA)’s public consultation on their draft guidelines for botanicals
was extremely large, with over 400 comments on the guidelines and 250 on
the compendia.
The revised guidance document is expected to be published shortly, together
with all the comments received. It is understood that as a result of these
comments, the text is likely to be adapted, as follows:
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Compendium 2 will be removed
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All references to product-specific requirements and the submission
format for application will be removed
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All references to medicinal products are to be removed
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The requirements for toxicological testing will be aligned with the
requirements for the registration of traditional herbal medicinal products.
It is expected that the ESCO expert group will now start testing some
botanicals, including Citrus aurantium (adulteration), Chamellia sinensis (liver
toxicity), Artemisia absynthium (neurotoxicity), Ocimum sanctum (fertility
toxicity),
Foeniculum
vulgare
(carcinogen),
Linum
usitatissum
(phytoestrogens), Echinacea angustifolia (medicinal-food use), Wheat bran
(low concern).
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Source: ERNA
FISH OILS UPDATE
At its April meeting the European Commission and Member States Working
Group on Fish Oil failed to adopt the European Commission’s draft proposals,
which included comment from industry. Thus discussions on Fish oil
standards under EU hygiene rules remain open and the Commission has
been asked to rework its draft proposal.
The Commission has proposed a new draft based on the discussions during
the meeting and including some of the comments from Industry, which has
been sent to the Member States for comments before the May 19, meeting of
the Working Group.
Intensive lobbying has taken place at Member States level to support all of
our comments and EHPM is closely monitoring the outcome of this working
group, as this is the last chance to get this text adopted. If Member States fail
to adopt these rules aimed at adapting hygiene requirements for fish oil
intended for food supplement processing, the framework EU hygiene
requirements would apply to import of fish oil in the EU. This would cause
serious disruption of trade and supply of fish oil from third countries in Europe.
Source: EHPM
THE NOVEL FOODS REGULATION
The European Commission is currently consulting on its proposals to update
the approvals process for novel foods, and to clarify the definition of novel
foods, including the latest developments in the area such as cloning and
nanotechnology.
The key proposals are to:
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speed up the approvals process by centralising the authorisation
procedure
develop a simplified safety assessment system for traditional food from
non-European Union countries
clarify the definition of novel food to take account of new technology,
such as cloning and nanotechnology
update the scope of the regulation in relation to parallel legislation on
specific categories of foods, such as sources of vitamins and minerals
provide some data protection for innovative products
Source: EHPM
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COMMISSION DECISION ON GUAR GUM FROM INDIA
Further to our previous report on this issue, the European Commission has
now published a Decision which imposes special conditions on guar gum
which originates in or is consigned from India has now come into force. India
produces nearly 90% of the world’s guar gum, and the reason for the
Commission’s Decision is the perceived risk of contamination by
pentachlorophenol and dioxins.
The Commission Decision requires that all consignments of guar gum or
products containing at least 10% guar gum originating in or consigned from
India, which left India after 4 May 2008 and are imported into the European
Community for human or animal consumption, shall be accompanied by an
original analytical report issued by a laboratory accredited for the analysis of
pentachlorophenol (PCP) in food and feed or by a laboratory that is pursuing
the necessary accreditation procedures and which has adequate quality
control schemes in place. The analytical report must demonstrate that the
product does not contain more than 0.01 mg/kg pentachlorophenol (PCP).
A list of laboratories in the European Union authorised to perform the PCP
analysis can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/chemicalsafety/contaminants/new_measures_g
uar_gum_india.pdf
Source: EHPM
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GERMANY
CONCERNS ABOUT NUTRITION LABELLING SCHEME
The German Federation for Food Law and Food Science (BLL) has
expressed concern at the lack of clarity from the German Ministry for Food,
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs (BMELV) on its preferred scheme for
nutrition labeling.
The two possibilities on offer are a ‘traffic light’ scheme, as favoured by the
Food Standards Agency in the United Kingdom, or Guidance Daily Amounts
(GDA). BLL favour the GDA approach, apparently the initial choice of the
government, but since then the BMELV has developed a scheme similar to
the ‘traffic light’ approach, using the colours red, orange and green.
BMELV has now launched a consumer survey to try to determine which
scheme would achieve greater acceptance, but no timescale has been given
as to when the results can be expected - or whether they will be made public.
Source: BLL
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IRELAND
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FSAI PUBLISHES MULTI-LINGUAL LABELLING GUIDANCE
To assist international companies comply with its national labeling rules, the
Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has recently published multi-lingual
labeling guidance. The Guidance is available in Arabic, Latvian, Lithuanian,
Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukranian and Urdu.
Food labels in Ireland must always be in English, although a second
language, such as Irish, can also be used.
Source: IHTA
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NETHERLANDS
TEST PROGRAMME FOR SPORTS SUPPLEMENTS
Since 2001 an off-shoot of the Dutch Association of Natural Product
Manufacturers (NPN) has been running a testing programme that enables
supplement manufacturers to have their products tested to World anti-Doping
Agency (WADA) standards.
The Netherlands Security System Nutritional Supplements Elite Sports
(NZVT) was set up in response to a number of scandals where elite athletes
were found to have ingested illegal substances, with food supplements often
being named as the culprit. Under the NZVT’s scheme, products are tested
in a laboratory that conforms with WADA standards, and, if they are found to
be free of contaminants, are included in a positive list of products on the
NZVT website.
A similar scheme is now in operation in the United Kingdom.
Source: NPN
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UNITED KINGDOM
ASSOCIATION QUERIES EFSA OPINION
Earlier this year, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)’s scientific panel
(AFC) published an opinion on six nutrient source ingredients intended for
addition to Annex II of the Food Supplements Directive to supply Vanadium.
EFSA’s opinion stated that, ‘safe use of these sources for vanadium added to
foods intended for the general population (including food supplements and
food for particular nutritional uses) cannot be established’.
The Food Standards Agency in the UK has treated EFSA’s opinion as
‘unfavourable’ rather than ‘inconclusive’. For this reason, the supplement
association, the Health Food Manufacturers Association (HFMA) has written
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to both the Food Standards Agency and the European Commission to ask for
their interpretation of the opinion with respect to triggering a withdrawal of
derogation for these ingredients.
The FSA is now awaiting the Commission’s response prior to further
discussion with HFMA.
Source: HFMA
NEW GUIDELINES ON FOOD SAFETY
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has published new guidance on ‘the
quickest and most effective methods of alerting the greatest number of
people’ about ‘food incidents’.
A food incident is defined as ‘any event where, based on the information
available, there are concerns about actual or suspected threats to the safety
or quality of food that could require intervention to protect consumers’
interests’.
For speed of action, the FSA’s website and the general media will be used to
communicate food incidents, but, in response to industry concerns about the
damaging effect of such communications, the agency has also pledged not to
overstate risk, and where possible, ‘to let the producer, retailer or importer see
the information it intends to make public before it does so’.
Source: HFMA
NORTH AMERICA
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CANADA
WARNING ON HEAVY METALS IN AYURVEDIC PRODUCTS
Health Canada has warned consumers that those who choose to use
unapproved Ayurvedic medicinal products may be putting themselves at risk
because some products contain high levels of heavy metals.
In a recent case, an adult male with symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea was
found to have been taking one tablet daily of an unauthorised Ayurvedic
product which, on analysis, was found to contain high levels of lead, mercury
and arsenic.
Source: CHFA
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UNITED STATES
FDA TAKES ON EXTRA FOOD SAFETY PERSONNEL
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The US Food and Drug Administration has recently announced its intention of
taking on over one thousand new staff to help implement the requirements of
the 2007 FDA Amendments Act, in particular, the Food Protection Plan and
the Import Safety Plan.
Both the Food Protection Plan and the Import Safety Plan aim to increase
food safety by preventing contamination in the domestic food chain and
ensuring the safety of imported food. Included in the measures to be used to
achieve this will be more stringent inspections, tougher penalties and
mandatory recalls.
Source: CRN US
EPHEDRA PRODUCTS RECALLED
Nine dietary supplement product containing the banned ingredient Ephedra
have been recalled on the grounds that ‘they may present a serious health
hazard to consumers’
Supplement industry associations, including the Council for Responsible
Nutrition and the Natural Products Association have been quick to express
their support of the recall.
Source: CRN US / NPA
PROSECUTION FOR MISLABELLED PRODUCT
An American company has pleaded guilty to conspiring to market and sell a
prescription drug by falsely labelling it as a dietary supplement, thereby
endangering those for whom the main ingredient, sildenafil citrate, is contraindicated.
The product was sold over the internet as a purely herbal alternative to
Viagra, and was marketed as ‘certainly less expensive’ and ‘probably safer’.
Source: AHPA
FDA ANALYSIS OF PROBLEM SELENIUM PRODUCTS
The US Food and Drug Administration has now completed its analysis of
certain flavours of range of products reported to contain hazardous amounts
of selenium.
On further analysis, in addition to high levels of selenium, the products were
found to contain chromium at levels of up to 17 times the recommended adult
daily intake of 35 - 35 micrograms per day.
Source: UNPA
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SURVEILLANCE OF DIETARY BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENTS
Following concerns about the adequacy of dietary botanical supplement
(DBS) surveillance in the United States, a recent study set out to characterise
data on DBS associated with adverse event reports submitted to the Food
and Drug Administration’s Centre for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s
Adverse Event Reporting System (CAERS).
Data from 1999 to 2003 involving adverse events associated with the six most
frequently used DBS: Echinacea, Ginseng, Garlic, Ginkgo biloba, St. John’s
Wort and peppermint was analysed. It was found that reports involving
ginseng were the most frequent, and St John’s wort the least frequent. Most
reports involved multiple ingredient DBS, with gastro-intestinal and neurologic
problems the most common clinical outcomes among single-ingredient DBS.
The report concluded that the CAERS surveillance system is potentially
effective, but that reported incidents may under-represent DBS adverse
events.
Source: AHPA
ASSOCIATION DEFENDS WEIGHT LOSS CLAIMS
The US Council for Responsible Nutrition has announced that it intends to
oppose a petition which asks the Food and Drug industry to treat weight loss
claims for dietary supplements as disease claims.
CRN president, Steven Mister, is quoted as saying ‘We believe weight loss
claims are legitimate and appropriate claims for products in the dietary
supplement category, provided these products have substantiation to support
the truthfulness of these claims’.
Source; CRN USA
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AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
NEW RESTRICTIONS FOR POTASSIUM SUPPLEMENTS?
The Australian regulator is considering implementing further restrictions on
the sale of supplements (regarded as Therapeutic Products in Australia),
containing potassium.
Because of safety concerns a label warning statement is already required for
glucosamine sulfate potassium chloride complex supplements. Now, there is
also a proposal to require child resistant closures for products containing
potassium salts in packs containing more than 4000 milligrams of elemental
potassium, with the exception of divided preparations where the amount of
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elemental
potassium
per
dosage
unit
is
40
milligrams
or
less.
Source: CHC
FSANZ MINISTERS AGREE A REGULATORY SYSTEM
Strategic policy and food standards issues were on the agenda of the recent
meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial
Council, the body responsible for food issues in Australia and New Zealand.
In particular the Council considered the strategic direction of the Australian
and New Zealand Food Regulatory System and endorsed the 'Overarching
Strategic Statement for the Food Regulatory System' that provides the
strategic context for the Australian and New Zealand food regulation system.
This document articulates the scope and objectives of the food regulation
system, the approach that will be taken to policy development, standard
setting and implementation and will shortly be available on
www.foodsecretariat.health.gov.au
A draft standard on nutrition, heath and related claims was also amongst the
issues discussed at the meeting.
Source: CHC
NZFSA WARNS AGAINST HERBAL TEA
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) is warning people not to
consume seeds that may be found in a Chinese herbal tea made from the
plant Abrus Cantoniensis sold in retail packs under various brand names.
Also known as Canton Love Pea or Herba Abri, NZFSA is advising anyone
who has the product not to consume it and to return it to the place of
purchase. The plant is not permitted to be sold as a food or food ingredient
under the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code as the seeds and
possibly the seed pods are believed to be toxic.
Source: NPNZ
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INDEX OF ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS
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AHPA (US) (American Herbal Products Association):
[email protected]
BLL (Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde eV):
[email protected]
CHC (Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia):
[email protected]
CHFA (Canadian Health Food Association): [email protected]
CRN (US) (Council for Responsible Nutrition):
[email protected]
EHPM (European Federation of Associations of Health Product
Manufacturers): [email protected]
ERNA (European Responsible Nutrition Alliance):
[email protected]
HFMA (UK) (Health Food Manufacturers’ Association):
[email protected]
IHTA (Irish Health Trade Association): [email protected]
NNFAJ (National Nutritional Foods Association of Japan):
[email protected]
NPA (US) (Natural Products Association):
[email protected]
NPN (Natuur- & GezondheidsProducten Nederland):
[email protected]
NPNZ (Natural Products New Zealand Inc.):
[email protected]
UNPA (US) (United Natural Products Alliance): [email protected]
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KEY EVENTS: JUNE - DECEMBER 2008
Date
June 03 -05
June 24 -26
Conference
Food Ingredients South America
http://south-america2008.fievents.com/content/default.aspx
Health Ingredients/ Food Ingredients/
Natural Ingredients Asia-China
http://asiachina2008.fi-events.com/
Place
São Paulo,
Brazil
Shanghai,
China
June 26 -28
Natural Products Expo Asia
www.naturalproductsasia.com/
Hong Kong,
China
June 25 -28
Executive Committee of the Codex
Alimentarius
www.codexalimentarius.net
Geneva,
Switzerland
June 26 -28
Natural Products Expo Asia
www.naturalproductsasia.com/
Hong Kong,
China
June 30 -July 05
Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC)
www.codexalimentarius.net
Geneva,
Switzerland
July 13 -15
Cosmoprof North America 2008 -The
Business of Beauty
www.cosmoprofnorthamerica.com/
Las Vegas, NV,
United States
July 17 -19
Natural MarketPlace 2008
www.naturalproductsassoc.org
Las Vegas, NV,
United States
September 11 -14
CHFA Expo East
www.chfa.ca
Toronto,
Canada
September 11 -14
SANA 2008
www.sana.it
Bologna, Italy
September 24 -26
October 03 -04
Food Ingredients Asia
http://asia2008.fievents.com/content/default.aspx
Food Ingredients India
http://india2008.fievents.com/content/default.aspx
Bangkok,
Thailand
Mumbai, India
October 15 -18
Natural Products Expo East
www.expoeast.com/
Boston, MA,
United States
October 22 -24
Supply Side West
www.supplysideshow.com/west/
Las Vegas, NV,
United States
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November 04 -06
Natural Ingredients/ Health Ingredients
Europe 2008
www.ni-events.com / www.hi-events.com
Paris Nord,
Villepinte,
France
Date
Conference
Place
Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods
for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU)
www.codexalimentarius.net
South Africa
(city to be
confirmed)
November 03 -07
Prepared by the
INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE
OF DIETARY/FOOD SUPPLEMENT ASSOCIATIONS
rue de l’ Association 50
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