Harmonization Eyed For EU Botanical Claim Regs, With Tighter Scrutiny
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Two options are touted for botanical claims legislation in the EU – one would continue with the existing process under the European Food Safety Authority’s evaluation of claims for all types of supplement products and the other would align botanical regs with the medicines sector.
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