http://www.bfr.bund.de/cm/245/addition_of_boric_acid_or_borax_to_food_supplements.pdf
Addition of boric acid or borax to food supplements
BfR Health Assessment No. 006/2006, 16 November 2005
Food supplements are foods containing one or more nutrients like vitamins,
minerals or trace
elements in concentrated form that are sold as tablets, capsules or coated
tablets. They are
governed by the valid provisions of the Food and Feed Code (LFBG) and
Regulation (EC)
No. 178/2002. According to them, foods may not be harmful.
In Germany the addition of the trace element boron as boric acid or borax
to food supplements
was not permitted up to now. However, this situation could soon change
since the
laws in the EU Member States are to be approximated and its addition is
permitted in other
European countries. If this happens, boron could also go on the market in
Germany as an
ingredient in food supplements. Against this backdrop, the Federal
Institute for Risk Assessment
(BfR) evaluated the risk to health which boric acid or borax could entail
in food supplements.
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