Vitamin B6 : the Government's decision seventh report / Agriculture Committee.

  • Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Agriculture Committee.
Date:
1998
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Credit: Vitamin B6 : the Government's decision seventh report / Agriculture Committee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    On the same day, the Government provided us with their Reply to our Fifth Report. The content of this Reply extends rather wider than the Written Answer, covering as it does issues relating to the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals which we had raised in our Report. We publish the Government’s Reply, in full, as an Appendix to this Report. 4. The Government is unable to accept our recommendation that the 10mg daily limit is unnecessary, and maintains that its advice to consumers will be that their daily intake should not exceed 10mg other than on professional advice. However, the Government has decided to defer the introduction of any regulatory restriction on the level of vitamin B6 in dietary supplements until the Expert Group on Vitamins and Minerals has reported the results of its wider review of the safety of dietary supplements. The Expert Group’s report is expected in eighteen months to two years time. While we hold fast to our opinion that there is no evidence that intakes of vitamin B6 below 200 mg a day have any harmful effect, we welcome the flexibility which the Government has shown in responding to our Report and the other representations which have been made to it on this issue. It must be right for the Government to defer its decision until the Expert Group has reported on the wider issues. We also welcome the Government’s favourable response to our recommendation that the industry and consumers should be able to nominate independent experts in nutrition and toxicology for appointment as full members of the Group.