Regulations and protection for functional food products in the United States

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 540-551

  Wong, Alice Yuen Ting ^a   Lai, Julie Ming Chu ^b,c   Chan, Albert Wai Kit ^b,c  

^a Albert Wai Kit Chan Intellectual Property Limited   (Hong Kong)

^b United States China Intellectual Property Institute   (United States)

^c PLLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary supplements; FDA; IP protection; Patent; Regulatory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938834045     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2015.05.038     Document Type: Review

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