Safety concerns regarding plant food supplements
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In the last years, plant food supplements (PFS) consumption has been increasing
in developed countries, in part reflecting the growing acceptance and use of
alternative/traditional medicine but also due to the common idea that PFS are natural products
posing no risks to human health. Being legally considered as foods under Directive 2002/46/EC,
PFS are under control of the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and do not require the same
requisites as traditional herbal medicines for legal authorization In practice, this means that
several products are being sold under the umbrella of PSF, being easily avaiJable in
supermarkets, .TV shops and the internet, and not under the supervision and control of the' health
authorities.
to FCT (PEst-C/EQB/LA0006/2013 and EXPL/DTP-SAP/1438/2013) and QREN
(NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000069-CIENCIA DO ALIMENTO)
