date:Aug 30, 2012
ucts covered by the petition.
While a 1997 group at the Institute of Medicine established an upper limit of 2,000 I.U. per day for anyone older than 1 year of age, the F.D.A. noted the limits were raised last year.
In the revisions, the I.O.M. established upper limits for vitamin D intake to 2,500 I.U. for children 1 year to 3 years of age, 3,000 for children aged 4 to 8, and 4,000 for children aged 9 to 18 and adults.
The I.O.M. considers the U.L. as the highest usual intake level of a nutrient