November 2003

Science-based standards for supplements supported

The committee’s agreement breaks an eight-year stalemate over language for safety standards that would satisfy regulators and allows the supplement industry to market safe products to consumers around the world.

Codex was established by the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization and World Health Organization in 1962. It was designated as the principal arbitral mechanism for resolving food trade disputes, with the advent of the World Trade Organization in 1994.

Source: Council for Responsible Nutrition, http://www.crnusa.org

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