AHPA is an active member of IADSA and is distributing the IADSA Newsflash as a member benefit. IADSA is an association focused on the globalization of food supplement markets and regulatory challenges. This issue of the IADSA Newsflash covers:

• Korea has updated its functional food code to include ginseng as helpful to bone health.
• Korea is considering adding limits for cannabidiol (CBD) to provisions for hemp seed and hemp seed oil.
• The European Commission (EC) acknowledged the potential to consider traditional use of botanicals in the efficacy assessment of health claims when traditional medicine products exist for botanicals used in foods
• The EC has determined kudzu (Pueraria lobata) extracts to be novel foods.
• Belgium has issued recommendations regarding cinnamon bark and basil essential oils in capsules.
• The Ireland Food Safety Authority is considering the basis for the use of the BELFRIT list for the Irish market.
• Latvia has noticed a negative list of botanicals prohibited for use in foods.
• The Office for Risk Assessment and research in the Netherlands has issued guidance regarding the safe use of black cohosh preparations.
• Switzerland has new food safety regulations which include a negative list of plants and plant parts not allowed in food.
• Australian TGA is reclassifying certain sports supplements to be regulated as medicines.
• South Africa has down scheduled CBD to a category of complementary medicine.
• Belarus has adopted provisions for traceability for sports supplements.

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