The CODEX falls into line with IADSA and not EFSA on health claims

The Codex Alimentarius Commission was created to develop food standards, guidelines and related texts such as codes of practice under the Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Program. Its guidance influences international regulations from the EU to the US and following a recent meeting for the Codex decision-making body in ROME, have adopted the Recommendations on the Scientific Substantiation of Health Claims, the Nutritional Risk Analysis Principles recommended by International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations’ (IADSA). The implications of this mean that  the Scientific Substantiation...