Quality control of plant food supplements

It is essential to guarantee the safety of unprocessed plants and food supplements if consumers' health is to be protected. Although botanicals and their preparations are regulated at EU level, at least in part, there is still considerable discretion at national level, and Member States may choose to classify a product either as a food supplement or as a drug. Accurate data concerning the finished products and the plant used as the starting point are of major importance if risks and safety are to be properly assessed, but in addition standardized criteria for herbal preparation must be laid down and respected by researchers and manufacturers. Physiologically active as well as potentially toxic constituents need to be identified, and suitable analytical methods for their measurement specified, particularly in view of the increasing incidence of economically motivated adulteration of herbal raw materials and extracts. It remains the duty of food operators to keep up with the scientific literature and to provide sufficient information to enable the adaptation of specifications, sampling schemes and analytical methods to a fast-changing environment

Free amino acid content in standard infant formulas: comparison with human milk

To compare the concentration of non-protein nitrogen (NPN) and free amino acids (FAA) in powdered and liquid commercial formulas with that in human milk

Determinazione per cromatografia liquida dei residui di sulfamidici negli omogeneizzati a base di carne destinati all'infanzia

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Free glutamine and glutamic acid increase in human milk through a three-month lactation period

Previous short observational studies on the free amino acid (FAA) content of human milk have shown that glutamine and glutamic acid increase in the first 4 to 6 weeks of life

Rassegna dei metodi per la ricerca e la identificazione dei sulfamidici negli alimenti

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Lenee guida per l'assicurazione della qualit nei laboratori preposti al controllo ufficiale dei prodotti alimentari

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Metodiche analitiche consigliate per i prodotti destinati all'infanzia: latti adattati e pappe per il divezzamento

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