Implementation of the nutrition and health claim regulation - The case of antioxidants

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 475-487

  De Boer, Alie ^a   Vos, Ellen ^b   Bast, Aalt ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; EFSA; European Commission; Food law; Functional ingredients; Multifactorial; Nutrition research; Oxidative stress; Scientific substantiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC OPINION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD PACKAGING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH FOOD; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD LABELING; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH FOOD; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 84895182807     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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