08 Jul 2021 --- Industry groups have joined forces against the latest European Commission (EC) legislation, which classifies vitamin D3 as a Product of Animal Origin (POAO) and raises barriers against the import of the ingredient into the EU. NutritionInsight speaks to industry players who request for the ingredient to be considered a chemical entity, and therefore not subject to import tests. Vitamin D3 has been imported into the EU from other countries for many decades, both as an ingredient and in finished food supplements, formula and other food products.
