What Are the Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements?
The CODEX Guidelines for Vitamin and Mineral Food Supplements of 2005 outline a standard for countries that regulate supplements as foods. It includes a definition, a composition standard on both minimum and maximum potencies, as well as labeling and packaging guidelines. The standards on composition are not specific, but rather set the stage for the development of a list of approved ingredients, and for limit setting on potencies of ingredients. At present, the guidelines are more in the nature of a framework with the working figures to be filled in later. It is important to note there was no formal request from any member nation to develop this Guideline, but rather a self-initiated project of the CCNFSDU.
