ANH PRESS RELEASE: International Committee at risk of using flawed science on vitamin safety

JOINT NATIONAL HEALTH FEDERATION /
ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release
25 November 2005

GLOBAL VITAMIN GUIDELINES ONE STEP CLOSER TO RESTRICTING CONSUMER HEALTH FREEDOM

International Committee setting out to determine vitamin safety and health claims at risk of using flawed science according to experts

Today sees the end of three days of meetings of delegations from some 70 countries and numerous non-governmental organizations, at the 27^th Session of the Codex Committee on Nutrition & Foods for Special Dietary Uses (CCNFSDU) in Bonn, Germany.

The Committee, which started developing a global guideline on vitamin-and-mineral food supplements more than 10 years ago, was attempting at this year