Modification to the List of Permitted Supplemental Ingredients to enable the use of milk thistle seed extract (silymarin)

Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate has permitted milk thistle seed extract (silymarin) for use as a supplemental ingredient in supplemented foods. Health Canada’s Food and Nutrition Directorate completed a safety assessment of milk thistle seed extract. As a result of this safety assessment, Health Canada has concluded that milk thistle seed extract (silymarin), when used as a supplemental ingredient in supplemented foods, according to the conditions of use outlined in Part IV of