Medicine

PRI members are looking for medical approvals for probiotic products as food laws tighten

Probiotics easier to market as drugs than foods: PRI

By Paul Gander

The EU’s strict nutrition and health claims regulation (NHCR) which has barred all probiotic claims means 'living microorganism'-based products could be easier to bring to market as drugs, a 4-year-old French group has said.