Scientific Committee on Food Scientific Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies TOLERABLE UPPER INTAKE LEVELS FOR VITAMINS AND MINERALS
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[Tolerable upper intake level on vitamins and minerals].
According to the safety assessments of all vitamins and minerals intake undertaken by the US Institute of Medicine's Food and Nutrition Board (FNB), UK MAFF Expert Group on Safety and European Scientific Committee on Food, we are reviewing that the rationale of making ULs (the risk of experiencing adverse effects, assessment for dosage and reaction and Uncertainty Factors); comparing ULs of mai...
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