News ting their claims, as human studies can take three or more years to complete. EFSA's
insistence on evidence derived from the gold standard of randomized clinical trials is ill …

Probiotics are microbes that are claimed to promote health and well-being when added to
foods. However, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has so far advised negatively …

Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer a
health benefit on the host (1). The potential for probiotics to treat or prevent disease …

Concerning the recent review by Henriksson et al.[1] in Expert Opinion on Drug Safety on
the topic of so-called 'probiotics', this review could not be any more timely. As of the …

In 2008, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) began reviewing the proposed health
benefit claims on all foods. To date, none of the 164 claims of the benefits of probiotic or …

Publisher Summary Probiotics is defined as live microorganisms that, when administered in
adequate amounts, confer a health benefit on the host, and the terminology was introduced …

The authors offer this commentary to The Journal of Nutrition in response to the recently
published report,“The Safety of Probiotics to Reduce Risk and Prevent or Treat Disease” by …

The initial outcomes of Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006 are in some cases encouraging but
in others of some concern to microbiologists, and there are now both new and old hurdles …

Health claims for probiotics are evaluated by the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and
Allergies of the European Food Safety Authority. Despite a substantial amount of basic and …

Current legislations have regulatory loopholes. Taking benefit from that situation, some
companies may create a copy of a well-studied and validated probiotic formulation …