Codex Should Use “Totality Of Evidence” To Validate Science – CRN, IADSA
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The International Alliance of Dietary Supplement-Food Associations insists Codex give more weight to observational and epidemiological studies when identifying evidence allowed for scientific substantiation
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