Regulation of functional foods and nutraceuticals [[electronic resource] ] : a global perspective / / edited by Clare M. Hasler

• Pubblicazione: [Chicago, Ill.], : IFT Press; Ames, Iowa, : Blackwell Pub., 2005
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (428 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.19/2
• Soggetto topico: Food industry and trade
• Altri autori: HaslerClare M
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. The Impact of Regulations on the Business of Nutraceuticals in the United States: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow; 2. The Regulatory Context for the Use of Health Claims and the Marketing of Functional Foods: Global Principles; 3. Regulation of Quality and Quality Issues Worldwide; 4. Organic Food Regulations: Part Art, Part Science; 5. Health Claims: A U.S. Perspective; 6. Food and Drug Administration Regulation of Dietary Supplements ; 7. Tropicana Pure Premium and the Potassium Health Claim: A Case Study8. The Importance of the Court Decision in Pearson v. Shalala to the Marketing of Conventional Food and Dietary Supplements in the United States; 9. Dietary Supplements and Drug Constituents: The Pharmanex v. Pharmaceutical and Dietary Supplement Industries; 10. The Role of the Federal Trade Commission in the Marketing of ""Functional Foods""; 11. Functional Foods: Regulatory and Marketing Developments in the United States; 12. The Nutraceutical Health Sector: A Point of View ; 13. Regulatory Issues Related to Functional Foods and Natural Health Products in Canada14. The Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals in the European Union; 15. Functional Foods in Japan: FOSHU (""Foods for Specified Health Uses"") and ""Foods with Nutrient Function Claims""; 16. Chinese Health (Functional) Food Regulations; 17. Report of ILSI Southeast Asia Region Coordinated Survey of Functional Foods in Asia; 18. Germany and Sweden: Regulation of Functional Foods and Herbal Products; 19. Functional Foods: Australia/New Zealand; 20. Regulation of Functional Foods in Spain ; 21. Functional Food Legislation in Brazil22. Codex and Its Competitors: The Future of the Global Regulatory and Trading Regime for Food and Agricultural Products; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive resource for information on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Regulatory systems and definitions of key terms-food, supplement, drug, etc-vary from country to country. A thorough understanding of laws and regulation within and among key countries with regard to functional foods, herbal extracts or drugs, and nutritional supplements is critical to the direction of food companies that are developing products for these markets. International experts
• Titolo autorizzato: Regulation of functional foods and nutraceuticals
• ISBN: 1-282-36547-9; 9786612365478; 0-470-27767-X; 0-470-27641-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819051003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: IFT Press series.