Food supplements are foods, intended to supplement the normal diet. They are concentrated sources of individual or combined nutrients or other substances with nutritional or other physiological effects and are usually on the market in the form of capsules, tablets, pills and other similar forms such as powder in sachets, liquid in ampoules, drop dispensing bottles and other similar forms designed to be used in measured small unit quantities. Dietary supplements should be safe to use, marketed and presented in a way not to mislead the consumer, their composition must correspond to the label until the end of product shelf life when stored according to the manufacturerʼs instructions. These recommendations provide assistance to operators in providing quality of food supplements, and a basis for assessing the quality of dietary supplements on the market.
B.06 Other
COBISS.SI-ID: 3312753Work package leader of FP7/CLYMBOL project, related to research in functional foods (WP1 leader: Current status of health claims and symbols: Product supply)
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
Work package leader of FP7/REDICLAIM project, which is focused into improving cometiveness in food industry in relation to lowering risks for development of disease (WP4 leader: Interaction between ‘reduction of disease risk’ claim legislation and substantiation process)
D.01 Chairing over/coordinating (international and national) projects
Member of national comitee, focused into support to the government in the area of food safety.
D.03 Membership in foreign/international boards/committees