date:Jun 24, 2014
According to the report, the number of approved health claims in Europe is extremely low with only 254 out of 2,242 health claims being approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) up until March 2014.
This high standard has made Europe a hard market for some manufacturers, while at the same time providing a gold standard test for health claims. In contrast, Japans FOSHU system has lass strict demands for clinical evidence, making Japan a popular test market for new ingredients.
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