'Unsafe' nutraceuticals products on the Internet: The need for stricter regulation in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Daud, Mahyuddin, Abdul Jalil, Juriah, Abd Ghani Azmi, Ida Madieha, Ismail, Suzi Fadhilah, Safuan, Sahida
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: IEEE 2017
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/62946/1/62946%20Unsafe%20%20Nutraceuticals%20Products%20on%20the%20Internet.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62946/2/62946%20%E2%80%98Unsafe%E2%80%99%20Nutraceuticals%20Products%20on%20the%20Internet%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/62946/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8089269/

Nutraceutical products are functional foods consumed by many for its proclaimed benefits to health. Most nutraceutical products are not pharmaceutical drugs, hence has been treated as food. This made nutraceutical regulation more difficult since they do not fall under the jurisdiction of pharmac...