Zurich, Switzerland (PRWEB) June 26, 2013
The International Probiotics Association has formally submitted queries for clarification relating to the European Food Safety Authoritys (EFSAs) scientific and technical guidance document. These questions were submitted right after a current Parliament meeting in Brussels.

The queries document was primarily based on recommendations from a assessment team that included sector scientists, academics and members of the IPA Regulatory Affairs Committee. The team performed an in-depth scientific assessment based on EFSAs preceding guidance and previously submitted dossiers and asked for additional clarification and a request for a face-to-face meeting, said Director General, Ioannis Misopoulos.

EFSA has acknowledged the questions and its responses are pending.

It is great that EFSA has been extremely transparent and allowed us to have this rare chance for dialogue. We hope that we will get the chance to meet with them formally extremely soon. We actually appreciate EFSAs willingness to develop a dialogue with IPA, Misopoulos stated.

IPA’s Regulatory Affairs Committee is produced up of representatives from international probiotic companies such as DuPont, Chr. Hansen, Lallemand and Procter and Gamble. The Committee functions on behalf of IPA members to help regulatory initiatives globally and is actively operating on projects with the United States Meals and Drug Administration (FDA), the U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), EFSA and other regulatory and standards setting organizations worldwide to ensure fair, scientifically sound, international requirements for the probiotic market.

About the International Probiotics Association:

The International Probiotics Association is an international organization with members comprised of each sector and academia. Its objective is to offer a exclusive and worldwide forum for the exchange of analysis and the most recent breakthroughs in probiotic technology and item improvement. The International Probiotics Association also works with government bodies and market to help in establishing scientific requirements for probiotic supplements, probiotic pharmaceutical goods and functional foods. The International Probiotics Association educates buyers on the confirmed health positive aspects of probiotics for humans and animals by attending trade shows, overall health tours and other media functions such as internet blogs etc. The International Probiotics Association holds a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) observer status inside Codex Alimentarius.





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