Regulatory Guidance
What is the legal status of soy and what do various regulators say
about soy products?
Australia
The Australia New Zealand Food Authority (ANZFA) has recently
assessed the potential risks of phytoestrogen
exposure in infants fed soy formulas.
New
Zealand
The New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that
Television New Zealand has breached its code of practice in a program
that featured a supposed independent nutritionist promoting the use of
soy products.
The New Zealand Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that
pharmaceutical company Novogen has breached the New Zealand Code for
Therapeutic Advertising with its advertising of the phytoestrogen
supplement Trinovin. Read the full decision.
Ministry of Health Position Statement on soy
formulas
Switzerland
In 1996 the Swiss Federal Commission on Food (EEK) discussed the
question of oestrogens in food. The fact that substances with an
Oestrogenic effect occur naturally and in large quantities in the soya
bean and are also in mother 's milk substitutes based on soya bean
protein has led to worldwide concern. The EEK decided not to issue a
general warning, but to send out an Information
Sheet direct to paediatricians.
United
Kingdom
MAFF
UK soy formulas information sheet
United
States of America
Read why soy does not have GRAS (Generally
Recognised as Safe) status.
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