date:Aug 29, 2012
ringent under food law than medicines law.
The current EFSA approach does not consider traditional information alone as sufficient evidence for the substantiation of a claim,said EHPM Chairman Keith Legge.
With no changes to the approach towards traditional use, most of the health claims on botanicals will no longer be authorised, while medicinal claims will continue to be allowed based only on traditional use.
Member states are set to debate the discussion document in mid-September.
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