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Claims That Can Be Made for Conventional Food and Dietary Supplements.

Subfile:
Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Format (FM):
Fact Sheet (22).

Language(s) (LG):
English.

Year Published (YR):
2001.

Audience code (AC):
General Public/Consumers (300).

Corporate Author (CN):
Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling, and Dietary Supplements; Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition; Food and Drug Administration.

Source (SO):
College Park, MD: Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration. 2001. 3 p.

Availability (AV):
Available from CFSAN Outreach and Information Center. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, 200 C Street, SW (HFS-555), Washington, DC 20204. (888) 723-3366.
PRICE: Single copy free.

Abstract (AB):
This Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fact sheet provides information about claims that can be used on foods and dietary supplement labels. It categorizes the claims into three groups: health claims, structure/function claims, and nutrient content claims, which are discussed in separate sections in the fact sheet. Within each section, Web site addresses for further information are listed.

Major Descriptors (MJ):
Dietary Supplements. Food. Health Claims. Consumer Awareness.

Minor Descriptors (MN):
Food and Drug Administration. Internet.

Verification/Update Date (VE):
200302.

Notes (NT):
Copyright: No.

Accession Number (AN):
AMDC03308.

URL (LK):
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/hclaims.html

 
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