US food and drug administration regulations governing label claims for food products, including probiotics

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Saldanha, Leila G ^a  

^a NutrIQ LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; LAW; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; PROBIOTICS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 40049089612     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523328     Document Type: Conference Paper

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