Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals - Hardcover

Hasler, Clare M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813811775 ISBN 13: 9780813811772

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers a comprehensive resource for information on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Regulatory systems and definitions of key terms-food, supplement, drug, etc-vary from country to country. A thorough understanding of laws and regulation within and among key countries with regard to functional foods, herbal extracts or drugs, and nutritional supplements is critical to the direction of food companies that are developing products for these markets.

International experts with legal and/or scientific expertise address relevant topics from quality issues, to organic foods to labeling. Innovative product development within the framework of existing regulations will be addressed in individual chapters. Overview chapters will discuss global principles, inter-country trading issues, and present a comparison of the laws and regulations within different countries graphically.

A "must-have" handbook for research professionals, management, and marketing strategists in the worldwide functional foods/nutritional supplements business. Food technicians and engineers responsible for manufacturing quality in this industry should add it to their library to ensure that they have a thorough knowledge of the applicable legal requirements. The book will also serve as an indispensable shelf reference for lawyers in the food industry and government health professionals with regulatory responsibilities.

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From the Back Cover:

Regulation of Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals: A Global Perspective offers the most comprehensive resource available today on regulatory aspects of the growing and economically important functional food industry. Hasler brings together an impressive list of international experts with legal and scientific expertise address the full-range of relevant topics. From quality issues and labeling, to organic foods and innovative product development-this text has it all. In addition, overview chapters discuss global principles and inter-country trading issues and also present a comparison of the laws and regulations within different countries.

This timely book is a "must have" for researchers, managers, and marketing strategists in the worldwide functional foods/nutritional supplements business. Food technologists and engineers responsible for manufacturing quality should add it to their library to ensure that they have a throrough knowledge of the applicable legal requirements.

About the Author:

CLARE M HASLER, Ph.D, M.B.A. is the founding Executive Director of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science at the University of California-Davis. She was the founding Director of the Functional Foods for Health Program at the University of Illinois, Chicago and Urbana-Champaign campuses and served as Assistant Professor of Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She also served as adjunct assistant professor of pharmacognosy in the Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy at the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 1998, Self Magazine recognized her as one of the Top 25 Food Influentials.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0813811775
• ISBN 13: 9780813811772
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432