Selection and Safety Criteria of Probiotics. Workshop Demonstration of theNutritional Functionality of Probiotic Foods (1st). Held in Helsinki, Finland on November 15, 1996

摘要

The workshop is the first in a series of four workshops to disseminate the FAIRDemonstration project entitled Demonstration of the Nutritional Functionality of Probiotic Foods, FAIR CT96-1028. The aim is to substantiate the real value of probiotic products to the EU market and to EU consumers by providing a sound basis for assessing the functionality of novel probiotic foods with regard to management of intestinal disorders and immune enhancement. The demonstration program is designed to enable the industry and scientific communities to verify and establish the present health claims for probiotic products. The objectives of the project include establishment of a scientifically based selection of probiotic strains, demonstration of the beneficial value of probiotic products in human pilot-testing (both on children and adults) with new and novel methodologies, and verification of the functional and technological requirements essential for the industrial production of probiotics as functional foods.