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Published on: June 8, 2021
[Food, health claims and drugs. Introduction: why such a session devoted to this topic]
1L'Académie de pharmacie, Paris, France. pierre.bourlioux@u-psud.fr
Abstract:
During the ten past years, several countries as Japan, Sweden, Finland, Canada, USA, France ... got involved in the research of foods with positive impact on health. So, new notions as "functionnal foods" and new products with significant names as "alicaments", "nutraceuticals", "foods with health claims" (some of them claiming therapeutic effects) have been created. Since such health claims were developped in different countries of the European Union, a new directive applicable to the Member States from the 1st of July 2007 has been voted by the European Parliament with the following aims: harmonization of health claims and validation of the only claims supported by relevant scientific proofs. Face to such a situation, the French Academy of Pharmacy needed to improve this question, take a clear position, and express necessary recommendations.
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