Framework for the Evaluation of the Effects, Safety, and Claims of Foodstuffs Made from Plants for the Human Diet

A team from the French Food Safety Agency evaluates the effects, safety and the claims of foodstuffs made from plants for the human diet. The team concludes that the more the product use moves away from traditional uses, the more requirements must be increased in terms of demonstrating both safety and physiological effect at which it is now being applied to plant sources of isoflavones.