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- Food supplements
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- Food for Special Medical Purposes (FSMP)
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- Regulation 1924/2006 (nutritional and health claims): Understanding European Community content, procedures and impositions, deadlines, file constitution, prerequisites, analysis of authorities’ opinions and explanations of the reasons, regulatory compliance, legal penalties.
Scientific
- Nutrition and dietetic basis: structures, roles, sources and needs in macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, functional ingredients (CoQ10 etc.).
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- Studies and efficacy/safety files: requirements and prerequisites, file’s typology, necessary studies in the context of the regulation about claims and nutrivigilance.
