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EU EXPERT GROUP RECOMMENDS 117 SUBSTANCES FOR RESTRICTION IN FOOD SUPPLEMENTS

A recent report from the Heads of Food Safety Agencies in Europe raises concerns about 13 ingredients in food supplements, including curcumin, Hypericum perforatum, Actaea species and Withania somnifera. This article puts this report into context using comments made by the European Federation of Health Products Manufacturers. What is HoA?…

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CBD RICH HEMP EXTRACT APPROVED IN UK

The UK’s Advisory Committee on Novel Foods & Processes (ACNFP) of the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued its first positive safety assessment for the European Industrial Hemp Association’s (EIHA) application in its CBD Novel Foods approval process. Coming just months after the first two individual applications were given positive risk…

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