Conventional Foods Being Marketed as “Functional Foods”; Request for Comments COMMENTS BY: THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH FREEDOM AND THE ALLIANCE FOR NATURAL HEALTH
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The American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) and the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) would like to thank the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for giving us the opportunity to make this submission. Both organizations, which are formally affiliated, represent a wide range of natural health interests including consumers, food business operators and practitioners in the United States, Europe, and beyond.
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