The USA's new Nutrition Labeling and Education Act will not advance the cause of health claims for natural substances, and it maintains the character of the present system, according to Stephen DeFelice, chairman of the Foundation for Innovation in Medicine, which sponsored a conference on a comparison of US, European and Japanese neutraceutical health and medical claims.
Several years ago, Dr DeFelice coined the word "neutraceutical," meaning any substance that can be considered a food or part of a food, and provides medical or health benefits, including the prevention and treatment of disease.
Dr DeFelice suggested that a new system be established for medical and health claims for these natural substances. Once these claims can be made, neutraceuticals will by the year 2000 become a major threat to the food and pharmaceutical industry in the USA. The Europeans and Japanese, already working on these products, will discover and patent these claims, he warned.
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