Vitamins and Minerals

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Food and Drug Administration	1993 Federal Register Vol. 58 Part IV: Dept. of Health and Human Services This page provides access to Part IV of Federal Register Vol. 58 No. 3 (1993), "Food Labeling; General Provisions; Nutrition and Labeling; Label Format; Nutrient content Claims; Health Claims; Ingredient Labeling; State and Local Requirements; and Exemptions; Final Rules". Documents are available in pdf and Microsoft Word format. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, January 6, 1993	Apr 22, 2004
	American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc.	American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Monthly journal that publishes information on international basic and clinical studies related to nutrition. Topics covered include vitamins and minerals, nutrition and disease, and more. (more)	Aug 15, 2002
	Food Standards Australia New Zealand	Application A470 - Formulated Beverages Draft assessment report regarding an application to amend standards for formulated beverages to allow for the addition of a number of vitamins, minerals, and food additives. Includes discussion of related risk assessments and risk management considerations. Attachments include "Draft Variations to the Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code," "Nutrition Assessment," "Risk Assessment - Micronutrients," "Dietary Modelling Methodologies for Nutrient Intake Assessment," "Risk Assessment - Food Additives," and more. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, July 6, 2005 Publication Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2005	Jun 29, 2005
	Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Calcium Citrate Malate as Source for Calcium for Use in Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses and in Foods for the General Population (including Food Supplements) - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) Opinion adopted on November 27, 2007 regarding the safety of Calcium citrate malate as source for calcium for use in foods for Particular Nutritional Uses and in foods for the general population. (more) Publication Date: Friday, December 21, 2007	Jan 18, 2008
	Cicmanec, John L.; Poirier, Kenneth A.; Abernathy, Charles O.	Comparing the Recommended Dietary Allowance to Toxicity Values for Zn, Se, Mn, and Mb Presentation that discusses toxicity and nutritional requirement issues for the trace elements Zn, Se, Mn, and Mb. Publication Date: Wednesday, September 18, 2002	Dec 23, 2002
	Committee on Toxicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment	COT Statement on Phosphate and the Calcium Parathyroid Hormone Axis Statement regarding phosphate and parathyroid hormone levels, calcium, and bone health that supports an FSA initiative to formulate consumer advice regarding phosphate in food supplements. (more) Publication Date: Monday, April 18, 2005	Jun 28, 2005
	Alaimo, Katherine, et al.	Dietary Intake of Vitamins, Minerals, and Fiber of Persons Ages 2 Months and Over in the United States: Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Phase 1, 1988-91 Provides daily dietary intake estimates for populations based on age, gender, and ethnic group. Publication Date: Monday, November 14, 1994	May 28, 2002
	Advisory Forum, European Food Safety Authority	EFSA Advisory Forum Event Berlin: Abstracts and presentations from this public event on topics related to the risk assessment process. Presentations include "Future perspectives in risk assessment: Key challenges and opportunities"/Jouve, Jean-Louis; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Feron, Victor J.; "Future perspectives on risk assessment: key challenges and opportunities"/Silano, Vittorio; "UK review of risks and benefits of fish consumption"/Benford, Diane; "Position of the French Committee of AFSSA on a risk/benefit analysis of GMOs"/Schwartz, Maxime; "Risk-benefit assessment of micronutrients - folic acid"/Flynn, Albert; and "Risk-benefit evaluation lessons for risk management and communication"/Renn, Ortwin. (more) Event Dates: Monday, November 8, 2004 - Tuesday, November 9, 2004 Publication Date: Friday, November 12, 2004	Aug 6, 2004
	United Kingdom Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition	Folate and Disease Prevention Draft report on the risks and benefits associated with mandatory fortification of flour with folic acid. Annexes include "Folic Acid and Prevention of Disease," "Agency Advice to Health Ministers on Folic Acid and the Prevention of Disease," "Health Minister's Response to FSA Advice on Folic Acid - 2002," "Studies Considered in Relation to Cardiovascular Risk and Cancer," and "Dietary reference values for folate and B vitamins." Comments on the scientific evidence used are requested. See http://www.sacn.gov.uk for more information. (more) Deadline: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 Publication Year: 2005	Dec 13, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Folic Acid (Folacin) Final rule providing for the safe use of folic acid in certain foods, including those that require its addition for a standard of identity, breakfast cereals, infant formulas, medical foods, and foods for special dietary use. It also incorporates folic acid specifications consistent with the Food Chemicals Codex. Includes discussion of comments to the proposed rule. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 5, 1996	Aug 5, 2004
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 Final rule that amends the food additive regulations "to provide for the safe use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in meal replacement bars, other- type bars, and soy-protein based meal replacement beverages represented for special dietary use in reducing or maintaining body weight." Includes discussion of the safety assessment. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2005	Jul 1, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 Final rule regarding the use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in certain cheese and cheese products at levels up to 81 IU/30 g cheese. Includes discussion of the safety assessment. (more) Deadline: Friday, November 18, 2005 Publication Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2005	Nov 18, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Additives Permitted for Direct Addition to Food for Human Consumption; Vitamin D3 Corrections to a final rule regarding the use of vitamin D3 as a nutrient supplement in calcium-fortified fruit juices and fruit drinks. Includes responses to comments on the final rule. (more) Deadline: Friday, July 22, 2005 Publication Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2005	Jun 27, 2005
	Food and Drug Administration	Food Standards: Amendment of Standards of Identity for Enriched Grain Products to Require Addition of Folic Acid Final rule that amends the standards of identity for certain enriched grain products, enriched bromated flour, enriched vegetable macaroni, and enriched vegetable noodle products to require fortification with folic acid. Comments received in response to the proposed rule are addressed, as is the economic impact, including discussion of the costs and benefits of different regulatory options. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 5, 1996	Aug 5, 2004
	Golden Rice Humanitarian Board	Golden Rice Project Project on the development of Golden Rice which has been genetically engineered to produce and accumulate beta-carotene in the grain. Includes background information for the risk/safety assessment. (more)	May 2, 2005
	Scientific Committee on Food, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Guidelines of the Scientific Committee on Food For the Development of Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for Vitamins and Minerals Guidance document that provides a framework for evaluating the adverse effects of micronutrients and for developing tolerable upper intake levels for vitamins and minerals. It outlines how the different steps in the risk assessment process relate to the process of defining an upper limit of intake. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2000	Aug 13, 2002
	Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Label Claims: Qualified Health Claims This page provides access to FDA information, guidance documents, petitions, and letters of enforcement discretion or denial regarding qualified health claims. (more)	Oct 13, 2003
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel on Magnesium Aspartate as a Mineral Substance in When Used as a Source of Magnesium in Dietary Foods for Special Medical Purposes Opinion adopted on January 7, 2005 regarding the bioavailability and safety of magnesium-L-aspartate for use as a source of magnesium in dietary foods for special medical purposes. (more) Publication Date: Monday, March 14, 2005	Apr 4, 2005
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel Related to Calcium L-Methylfolate Opinion adopted on October 28, 2004 regarding the safety of synthetically obtained calcium L-5- methyltetrahydrofolate (L-5-MTHF-Ca) for use in foods for particular nutritional uses, food supplements, and other foods. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004	Nov 30, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel Related to Calcium Sulphate as a Mineral Substance in Foods Intended for the General Population Opinion adopted on October 7, 2004 regarding the safety of calcium sulphate as a mineral substance in foods and in particular in water or water-based beverages. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004	Nov 30, 2004
	Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion of the AFC Panel Related to D-α-tocopheryl Acid Succinate as a Source of Vitamin E in Foods Intended for the General Population, Food Supplements and Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses Opinion adopted on April 26, 2005 regarding the safety and bioavailability of D- α-tocopheryl acid succinate used as a source of vitamin E in foods for particular nutritional purposes, foods intended for the general population, and food supplements. (more) Publication Date: Friday, May 20, 2005	May 24, 2005
	Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Opinion on Mixed Tocopherols, Tocotrienol Tocopherol and Tocotrienols as Sources for Vitamin E Added as a Nutritional Substance in food Supplements - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing aids and Materials in Contact with food (AFC) Opinion adopted on February 22, 2008 regarding the safety and bioavailability of three particular sources of vitamin E, intended for the general population, to be added in food supplements. (more) Publication Date: Monday, March 10, 2008	Mar 17, 2008
	European Commission	Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Addition of Vitamins and Minerals and of Certain Other Substances to Foods Proposed regulation to harmonize national rules of Member States regarding the addition of vitamins, minerals, and some other substances to foods. Includes definitions and discussion of conditions for adding vitamins and minerals, restrictions on the addition of vitamins and minerals, purity criteria, maximum and minimum amounts, labeling and advertising, mandatory addition of vitamins and minerals, restricted and prohibited substances, and other relevant issues. Annexes include "Vitamins and minerals which may be added to foods," "Vitamin formulations and mineral substances which may be added to foods," and "Substances and whose use in foods is prohibited or subject to conditions." There is also a Basic Impact Assessment Statement. (more) Publication Date: Saturday, October 11, 2003	Nov 12, 2003
	United Kingdom Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition	Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition: Review of Dietary Advice on Vitamin A Draft of review of dietary advice on vitamin A. Comments are invited. There are eight annexes, including: "Current Legislation regarding food supplements and food fortification", "Tolerable Upper Intake Levels of preformed Vitamin A", "Human studies of retinol intake and bone health", "Comparison of diets in UK, US, and Sweden", "Adjustment of NDNS estimates of retinol intake using data from EPIC-Oxford", and "Percentage of consumers whose intakes fall above/below Guidance Level and LRNI under different scenarios". (more) Deadline: Friday, April 8, 2005 Publication Month: December 2004	Jan 11, 2005
	Office of Nutritional Products, Labeling and Dietary Supplements, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration	Summary of Qualified Health Claims Permitted Fact sheet providing an overview of permitted qualified health claims, including required claim statements, eligible foods, and conditions of use. (more) Publication Month: September 2003	Oct 13, 2003
	Scientific Committee on Food, Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Tolerable Upper Intake Levels For Vitamins and Minerals This page provides reports on the Tolerable Upper Intake Levels for many vitamins and minerals. Each report includes hazard identification, hazard characterization and dose-response data, intake/exposure data, and risk characterization. Reports are available for b -carotene, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, folate, manganese, selenium, molybdenum, vitamin B2, vitamin B1, biotin, magnesium, pantothenic acid, nicotinic acid and nicotinamide (niacin). (more)	Aug 13, 2002
	Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food, European Food Safety Authority	Vanadium citrate, Bismaltolato Oxo Vanadium and Bisglycinato Oxo Vanadium Added for Nutritional Purposes to Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses and Foods (including Food Supplements) Intended for the General Population and Vanadyl Sulphate, Vanadium Pentoxide and Ammonium Monovanadate Added for Nutritional Purposes to Food Supplements Opinion adopted on January 29, 2008 regarding the safety of a number of vanadium compounds as sources of vanadium and with the bioavailability of vanadium from these sources added for nutritional purposes to foods for particular nutritional uses and foods (including food supplements) intended for the general population. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2008	Mar 3, 2008
	Hathcock, John N.	Vitamin and Mineral Safety: 2nd Edition Safety evaluations that provide Upper Supplement Levels for supplemental intakes of vitamins, minerals, and trace elements. Includes an appendix table entitled "International Comparisons: CRN ULS, US FNB UL, EC SCF UL, UK EVM SUL or GL, and Japan UL". (more) Publication Year: 2004	Sep 16, 2004

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