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The firm has also filed, and obtained approval, for most of the qualified health claims now permitted by the agency.

The Recommendations on the Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims now account for the totality of relevant scientific data and weigh evidence for substantiating a health claim, rather than placing primary importance on human intervention trials.

Naturalpha, an R&D/ consulting company in the nutrition and health sector, and a privileged partner to the agro-food and the pharmaceutical industrials, examines the health claims dossiers that have recently been reviewed by EFSA (European Food Safety Authority).

These are the findings of an independent study investigating the effect of combined health claims on consumer perceptions of a variety of popular foods.

The exception has been harshly criticized by groups such as the Centre for Science in the Public Interest because it has allowed NHP manufacturers to make health claims respecting NHPs even when the effectiveness of the product has been disproved scientifically.

In their lead article, Dragicevich and colleagues report findings from their monitoring research examining the use of health claims on the Internet.

concluded: "Based on FDA's consideration of the scientific evidence and other information submitted with your petition, and other pertinent scientific evidence and information, FDA concludes that there is no credible evidence to support qualified health claims for green tea or green tea extract and a reduction of a number of risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease.

At long last people will be able to buy foods with the confidence that the health claims on the label have been checked.