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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetFood supplements and functional foods in personalized nutrition: Balancing innovation and food safety 2025
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No results found.This factsheet presents key findings from FAO’s report Food safety in personalized nutrition – A focus on food supplements and functional foods, highlighting the food safety challenges linked to the growing use of these products in personalized nutrition.While food supplements and functional foods may offer health benefits, they can also pose food safety risks. The factsheet outlines practical actions for food safety authorities to help balance innovation with consumer protection, ensuring these products are used safely and effectively. -
Book (stand-alone)Food safety in personalized nutrition
A focus on food supplements and functional foods
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No results found.Food supplements and functional foods play a key role in personalized nutrition plans, claiming to modulate physiological functions based on individual needs. As the field of personalized nutrition evolves, it is crucial to consider the safety implications of these products, particularly given their increasing use in recent decades. Although generally perceived as safe, food supplements and functional foods may pose food safety challenges. Additionally, it is important to consider that regulatory inconsistencies across jurisdictions, including definitions and requirements, contribute to significant diversity in the regulation of these products worldwide. This publication by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides a comprehensive overview of potential safety concerns associated with food supplements and functional foods. It examines regulatory frameworks across different regions, highlighting variations in classification, labelling, composition, registration and claims. The report also explores consumer perceptions of these products, analysing the motivations behind their use. As scientific understanding of food’s impact on human health advances, regulatory frameworks may need to adapt to address emerging innovations and safety challenges. FAO remains committed to collaborating with its members and stakeholders to enhance knowledge-sharing on food safety, supporting competent authorities in protecting public health. -
Book (stand-alone)Plant-based food products, precision fermentation and 3D food printing
Food Safety Foresight Technical Meeting Report, 13–17 November 2023
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No results found.New food sources and production systems (NFPS) is a rapidly evolving and innovative sector that covers a range of foods from plant-based food products to products arising from technological innovations such as cell-based food production and precision fermentation.The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) aims to help prepare its Members for the arrival of NFPS products or new foods on the market by providing sufficient information to suitably protect the health of consumers and implement fair practices in trade. Using foresight approaches, FAO has been monitoring this emerging sector and evaluating the opportunities and challenges it brings for agrifood systems, especially in the context of food safety.Based on this work, three focus areas were selected for a Food Safety Foresight Technical Meeting held at FAO headquarters in Rome from 13 to 17 November 2023. These areas – plant-based food products (that mimic animal-derived foods), precision fermentation and 3D food printing (3DFP) – were chosen based on their growing popularity in the NFPS space, and their relevance to food safety.
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