EUROPEAN COMMISSION AUTHORIZED TWO NEW MINERAL SUBSTANCES
Aug 03, 2017
The European Commission has recently authorized two new mineral substances for use in food and food supplements.
Commission Regulation 2017/1203/EC of 5 July 2017 amended Directive 2002/46/EC for food supplements and Regulation 1925/2006/EC on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods. The two new mineral substances that were added are:
Organic silicon (monomethylsilanetriol) as source of silicium; and
Calcium phosphoryl oligosaccharides (POs-Ca®) as source of calcium.
The full text of this regulation is available on : http://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1203/oj
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