Probiotics and health claims /

• Other Authors: Kneifel, Wolfgang, Salminen, Seppo
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.
• Series: Functional food science and technology series.
• Subjects: Probiotics > Health aspects.; Probiotics > Law and legislation.; Probiotics > therapeutic use.; Food Industry > legislation & jurisprudence.; Chemical engineering.; Engineering.; MEDICAL > Pharmacology.; Electronic books.

This book examines the international picture regarding probiotic food applications, placing a particular emphasis on the legal context and assessment procedures of probiotic health claims in the major markets for these products. Health claim legislation is described and the ways in which manufacture...