Addition of boric acid or borax to food supplements - BfR Health Assessment No. 006/2006, 16 November 2005
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In Germany the addition of the trace element boron as boric acid or borax to food supplements was not permitted up to now. However, this situation could soon change since the laws in the EU Member States are to be approximated and its addition is permitted in other European countries. If this happens, boron could also go on the market in Germany as an ingredient in food supplements. Against this backdrop, the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) evaluated the risk to health which boric acid or borax could entail in food supplements.
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