FDA Strategy For Functional Food Safety And Claims Needed, CSPI Urges
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA should take action to ensure "functional food" products are safe and bear truthful labeling claims, the Center for Science in the Public Interest asserts in a March 25 letter to FDA Commissioner Jane Henney, MD, and in an accompanying report entitled "Functional Foods - Public Health Boon or 21st Century Quackery."
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