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Traditional Use of Botanicals and Botanical Preparations Journal Artikel

An International Perspective

Robert Anton, Basil Mathioudakis, Suwijiyo Pramono, Ekrem Sezik, Surinder Sharma

European Food and Feed Law Review, Jahrgang 14 (2019), Ausgabe 2, Seite 132 - 141

Botanicals are used worldwide in food and supplements for their nutritional and physiological effects and have become part of the local and regional cultural heritage. The use of botanicals has evolved from experience over a long period of time, often over centuries. Folk knowledge of this use has been passed on from generation to generation and later been systematically recorded. This information is collectively called ‘traditional use’ and is the largest body of observational evidence in humans available. It is recognised as a valid body of knowledge to support the safe use of botanicals and document their health benefits. This paper describes the experience on how traditional use is accepted as a basis for support of the safety and benefits for health of botanical preparations used in food supplements. It proposes a common basis for the mutual acceptance of the evidence as assessed by expert judgement that may lead to recognition of the safety and benefits of botanicals in different parts of the world. Keywords: Traditional use; botanicals; folk use; systematic use; conditions of use; physiological benefits; safety; food law; supplements.


Health Claims and Botanicals: How to Proceed with European Harmonisation? Journal Artikel

Saskia Geurts

European Food and Feed Law Review, Jahrgang 13 (2018), Ausgabe 1, Seite 29 - 33

The European Commission is currently evaluating what public authorities, the business community and other stakeholders want to do with the claims for botanicals – on hold since 2010 – in order to make a proposal on how applications for health claims for botanicals should be assessed and, moreover, whether the use of botanicals in foods must be regulated separately. It is a great challenge to find a legally robust and politically feasible solution for the current situation.

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