The article reports that a draft risk assessment has been issued by the European Food Safety Authority stating that single doses of caffeine of up to 200 milligrams and daily consumption totaling 400 milligrams are safe for adults.EBSCO_AspTufts University Health & Nutrition Letter...
This study expands knowledge on the spatiotemporal occurrence of pesticides in inland surface waters and highlights the need to consider widening the number of analysed pesticides beyond the European Water Framework Directive (EWFD). According to our results, additional authority and legislation procedures...
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(e.g., relating to antioxidants or caffeine) have not been approved for coffee and it is therefore not permissible to make health claims for coffee or its by-products. In the case of a voluntary use of nutrition claims, the requirements of the Health Claims Regulation [28] and Food ...
However, caffeine intake across Europe, as reported in the European Food Safety Authority's fact sheets on caffeine [48], roughly confirm our findings based on consumed quantity of the beverages. For example, the estimated caffeine intakes in Greece (~30 mg/day) and Spain (67 mg/day) were...
Caffeine is known to affect the central nervous system and is therefore popular for its stimulating effect. However, overdosing can also have adverse effects, so that, especially when placing food supplements on the market, the recommendation for maximum daily intake of caffeine (400 mg/day) by ...
In contrast, in Poland and France, companies placing dietary supplements on the market should notify the local food safety authority [36], while in the USA, a notification procedure is not established for regular products [24]. Regardless of this difference, it should be noted that in all cou...