Importance of a specific legislation with definitions and classifications of products marketed as food supplements, functional foods and nutraceuticals
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9044.v19i3p54-67Keywords:
Functional Foods, Legislation, NutraceuticalsAbstract
This study aims at showing how important is that the Brazilian legislation regulate the term “food supplement”, in order to comply with international legislation and the market scenario characterized by constant technological innovations and, consequently, a wide variety of products. Laws and resolutions of the collegiate board are described, which have been published by the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency for the registration of these products, legally classified as foods. This paper also describes the classifications of international laws and cases of adulteration.
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