Functional foods and health claims legislation: Applications to dairy foods

被引：50

作者：

Berner, LA ^{[1
]}

O'Donnell, JA

机构：

[1] Calif Polytech State Univ San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 USA

[2] Calif Dairy Res Fdn, Davis, CA 95616 USA

来源：

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY JOURNAL | 1998年 / 8卷 / 5-6期

关键词：

functional foods; health claims; probiotic dairy foods;

D O I：

10.1016/S0958-6946(98)00058-2

中图分类号：

TS2 [食品工业];

学科分类号：

0832 ;

摘要：

The purpose of this paper is to consider the regulatory status of functional foods and claims that can be made regarding their health-promoting properties, with emphasis on the situation in the US. Specific examples highlight probiotics, prebiotics, and cultures-added dairy foods. In the US, there is no legal definition of a functional food. The US Food and Drug Administration regulates four categories of foods: conventional foods, foods for special dietary use, medical foods, and dietary supplements. Three types of health-related messages can appear under certain conditions on food labels. Nutrient content claims and approved health claims can appear on all qualifying foods, while structure/function claims are allowed on dietary supplements. (Medical foods are exempt from all nutrition labeling regulations.) Currently, there are no allowed health claims for probiotics, prebiotics, or cultures-added dairy foods in the US. Several approaches for taking advantage of 'functional' dairy foods in the US are outlined. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：355 / 362

页数：8

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