2004Q-0180 - Qualified Health Claim (QHC):  Lutein and Eye Disease
  


  

  


  

  
FDA Comment Number : 
  

  
EC12
  



  

  

  



  

  
Submitter : 
  

  
Dr. Alberto  Davidovich
  

  
Date & Time: 
  

  
06/29/2004 06:06:45
  



  

  
Organization : 
  

  
DSM Nutritional Products, Inc.
  



  

  
Private Industry
  


  

  
Category : 
  



  

  
Issue Areas/Comments 
  


  

  


  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
GENERAL
  


  

  



  

  
 Dockets Management Branch (HFA-305)    June 25, 2004

Food and Drug Administration

5630 Fishers Lane, Room 1061

Rockville, MD 20852



Reference: Docket: 2004Q-0180 - Qualified Health Claim (QHC): Lutein and Eye Disease



To Whom It May Concern:



This letter contain comments to the qualified health claim petition - Xangold? Lutein Esters and development of certain eye diseases, docket 2004Q-0180.



DSM Nutritional Products, Inc. believes that there is sufficient data to justify the use of a qualified health claim on conventional foods and detary supplements regarding the relationship between lutein and zeaxanthin and certain eye diseases. 



We have all the references cited in these comments, and they are available at your request. 



Please feel free to call me, at your convenience if we can be of any assistance in the evaluation of these comments.





DSM Nutritional Products, Inc









Alberto Davidovich, DVM, PhD

Associate Director Regulatory Affairs

45 Waterview Boulevard

Parsippany, NJ 07054

Telephone 973 257 8325

Fax 973 257 8414