FDA Tackles Observational Studies In Draft Health Claims Guidance
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
"Scientific conclusions from observational studies cannot be drawn about a relationship between a food component and a disease," FDA concludes in draft guidance for health claim petitioners
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