Law regulations concerning food supplements, dietetic food and novel food containing herbal substances

Evaluation of selected food supplements containing antioxidants.

Seven commercial food supplements present on the Polish market were evaluated for their in vitro antioxidant capacity. The selected products were in the form of hard gelatin capsules. They contained the extracts from chokeberry, cranberry, blueberry and green tea. The mixture of vitamins and minerals as well as the product containing vitamin C in substantial dose were included into comparison. ...

Getting More Than You Paid For: Unauthorized "Natural" Substances in Herbal Food Supplements on EU Market.

As the population in the industrialized world develops preference for what is perceived as a natural and holistic way of disease treatment, the popularity and the number of food supplements on the market, including herbal ones, is experiencing an unprecedented rise. However, unlike herbal medicinal products, intended for treating or preventing disease, current legislation classifies food supple...

The competitive food conundrum: can government regulations improve school food?

Comparative Investigation of Food Supplements Containing Ascorbic Acid

A simple, specific, precise and accurate reversed phase liquid chromatographic (RP-LC) method has been developed for the determination of ascorbic acid in different food additives. The chromatographic separation was achieved on a LiChrosorb C18, 250 mm x 4.6 mm, 5 μm column at a detector wavelength of 230 nm and a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. The mobile phase was composed of acetonitrile and water ...

Safety Regulations of Food Enzymes

The majority of industrial enzymes available at present is used in food industry. Safety regulations of food enzymes differ among countries, including fundamental aspects, whether a pre-market approval is needed and on the level of details, e.g. what particular information manufacturers have to provide in the course of safety evaluation. Occupational safety concerns focus on allergenic properti...