Nutraceuticals For Health Promotion And Disease Prevention

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October 12, 2003
Issue Paper

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/d09wme81

Task Force Chairs

Mary Ellen Camire

Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Maine

Authors

Nancy Childs

Department of Food Marketing, Saint Joseph's University

Clare M. Hasler

Functional Foods for Health Program, University of Illinois

Leonard M. Pike

Vegetable and Fruit Improvement Center, Texas A&M University

Fereidoon Shahidi

Department of Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Bruce A. Watkins

Center for Enhancing Foods to Protect Health, Purdue University

Abstract

Authored by a task force of six scientists, this issue paper identifies existing and emerging issues in the development and use of nutraceuticals' food compounds with health-promoting, disease-preventive, or medical properties. The paper sheds light on consumer questions, key regulations, and safety issues, and provides recommendations on research and policy needs.

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