Re: CODEX Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements

"Rich" <joshew@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:3z_Mf.4095$xS5.2744@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

3.2.2 Maximum amounts of vitamins and minerals in vitamin and mineral
food supplements
per daily portion of consumption as recommended by the manufacturer
shall be set, taking the
following criteria into account:
(a) upper safe levels of vitamins and minerals established by
scientific risk assessment based
on generally accepted scientific data, taking into consideration, as
appropriate, the varying
degrees of sensitivity of different consumer groups;
(b) the daily intake of vitamins and minerals from other dietary
sources. When the maximum levels are set, due account may be taken of
the reference intake values of
vitamins and minerals for the population. This provision should not
lead to setting of maximum levels
that are solely based on recommended nutrient intakes (e. g.
Population Reference Intake or
Recommended Daily Allowance values).

Hehehe. Funny how all the people who refused to read this have been
saying the exact opposite. When you actually read the thing, you find
that that the RDAs are being used to set *minimum*, not *maximum* levels
of nutrients.
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