06 Aug 2015 --- Lesaffre Human Care has been rewarded with the approval of a claim by the Canadian Health Authorities. Based on the findings of a first clinical trial, which were recently published in the journal ‘Digestive and Liver Disease’ , Health Canada2 has granted Lesaffre Human Care a new condition-specific claim for ibSium, their unique strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae CNCM I-3856. The newly approved claim is as follows: “Helps to reduce abdominal pain and discomfort associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).”