Health Food

According to the Health Food Safety Assessment Method of Taiwan FDA, the safety category of the final product could be divided into four levels depending on the ingredient used:

 

safetytable 2

○：Required

 

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Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Rodents
  • Guideline

    Health Food Safety Assessment Method

    OECD 408: Repeated Dose 90-Day Oral Toxicity Study in Rodents

  • Test system

    SD rats

  • Aim

    To investigate the potential systemic toxicity of the test article on mammals after repeated feeding for 90 days, and to assess the No-Observed-Adverse-Effect Level (NOAEL).

Teratogenicity Study
  • Guideline

    Health Food Safety Assessment Method

    OECD 414: Prenatal developmental toxicity study

  • Test system

    Pregnant female SD rats

  • Aim

    To assess the effects of test substances on embryonic development