Codex' vitamin/mineral "indispensability" proposed standard too "restrictive" -- CRN.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
CODEX VITAMIN "INDISPENSABILITY" STANDARD TOO "RESTRICTIVE," the Council for Responsible asserts in comments on the Codex Alimentarius Commission's "Proposed Draft Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Supplements." The proposal states that "vitamin and mineral supplements shall contain vitamins/provitamins and only minerals in conjunction with the relevant Codex standards whose indispensability for human beings has been proven by scientific data." The proposal and other documents will be considered by the Codex Committee on Nutrition & Foods for Special Dietary Uses at its Sept. 21-25 meeting in Berlin.