11.01.05
Last month, The Solae Co., St. Louis, MO, temporarily withdrew its request for a qualified health claim related to soy protein consumption and cancer prevention. It made its decision after an analysis of recent FDA health claim decisions. The company believes the relationship between consumption of soy protein and the prevention of cancer is strong, but withdrew the claim because it felt FDA’s process is new and its evaluation process is evolving. By making sure the petition meets the current criteria required for the restructured evaluation process, the company will be putting forward the strongest possible case based on the science for the FDA. Its objective in filing this petition was to enable research-based health information to be made more readily available to consumers.