Press Release: Further update on EFSA’s work on the evaluation of nutrient sources in food supplements

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in April 2008, completed its consideration of 120 dossiers relating to nutrient sources in food supplements which were found not to be adequate for scientific assessment. In a statement adopted at its April meeting, the Panel on additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) concluded that the safe use of a number of nutrient sources and the bioavailability of the nutrients from these substances could not be assessed on the basis of these dossiers.