Regulation of functional foods and nutraceuticals : a global perspective /

Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive resource for information on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Regulatory systems and definitions of key terms-food, supplement, drug, etc-vary from coun...

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Other Authors: Hasler, Clare M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: [Chicago, Ill.] : Ames, Iowa : IFT Press ; Blackwell Pub., 2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:IFT Press series.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. The Impact of Regulations on the Business of Nutraceuticals in the United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; 2. The Regulatory Context for the Use of Health Claims and the Marketing of Functional Foods: Global Principles; 3. Regulation of Quality and Quality Issues Worldwide; 4. Organic Food Regulations: Part Art, Part Science; 5. Health Claims: A U.S. Perspective; 6. Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Dietary Supplements
  • 7. Tropicana Pure Premium and the Potassium Health Claim: A Case Study8. The Importance of the Court Decision in Pearson v. Shalala to the Marketing of Conventional Food and Dietary Supplements in the United States; 9. Dietary Supplements and Drug Constituents: The Pharmanex v. Pharmaceutical and Dietary Supplement Industries; 10. The Role of the Federal Trade Commission in the Marketing of Functional Foods; 11. Functional Foods: Regulatory and Marketing Developments in the United States; 12. The Nutraceutical Health Sector: A Point of View
  • 13. Regulatory Issues Related to Functional Foods and Natural Health Products in Canada14. The Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the European Union; 15. Functional Foods in Japan: FOSHU (Foods for Specified Health Uses) and Foods with Nutrient Function Claims; 16. Chinese Health (Functional) Food Regulations; 17. Report of ILSI Southeast Asia Region Coordinated Survey of Functional Foods in Asia; 18. Germany and Sweden: Regulation of Functional Foods and Herbal Products; 19. Functional Foods: Australia/New Zealand; 20. Regulation of Functional Foods in Spain
  • 21. Functional Food Legislation in Brazil22. Codex and Its Competitors: The Future of the Global Regulatory and Trading Regime for Food and Agricultural Products; Index