Codex Closer To Clarifying Vitamin Intake Limits, Opening Supplement Trade
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The Codex Alimentarius Commission is one step closer to stopping countries from setting unnecessarily low upper nutrient intake levels that restrict international supplement trade
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