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Germany: giving (vitamins) with one hand, taking with the other
25 January 2018
The BfR in Germany goes off-piste with the science – again
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Germany’s magnesium clampdown
13 December 2017
German risk assessors want a maximum daily limit on magnesium from supplements
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Fighting forest fires with teaspoons: Folic acid fortification and vitamin B12 deficiency
04 September 2013
Vitamin B12 deficiency is widespread, potentially serious – and largely overlooked
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News Alerts: Week 37, 2017
13 September 2017
Child safety or vaccine safety? Pukka joins Unilever, Attacks on supplements in Germany
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Will the EU ban glyphosate and bee-killing pesticides?
29 March 2017
The dirty tricks that Monsanto has used to protect sales of Roundup have just been exposed by a Californian court. This gives new hope to a campaign to ban glyphosate in Europe, riding in the wake of recent efforts to restrict and potentially ban bee-killing neonicotinoid insecticides.
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Dosages next target for EU and Codex restrictions
20 January 2005
The report from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) marks out the need for global scientific action on dosages - now the key focus of the Codex committee on vitamins, headed by Dr Rolf Grossklaus, co-author of the controversial BfR report
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ANH-Intl Special Report: Vitamin B6 - "It's the Form, stupid"
20 December 2017
Why regulators in the EU will increasingly find themselves in Court… unless they take note of the clinical and scientific evidence
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Dosages next target for EU and Codex restrictions (1)
20 January 2005
The report from the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) marks out the need for global scientific action on dosages - now the key focus of the Codex committee on vitamins, headed by Dr Rolf Grossklaus, co-author of the controversial BfR report
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Soy isoflavones for menopause – or for cancer?
28 October 2015
Why isoflavones might be good and relatively risk-free for menopause sufferers in the wake of an EFSA opinion
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ANH PRESS RELEASE: German report claims food supplements unsafe (1)
10 October 2007
The full implications of using so-called 'scientific risk assessment methods' confirm our worst fears, offering ultra-low ceilings for dosages of vitamins and minerals