Complementary & Alternative Medicine

FDA issues information about claims for green tea and certain cancers

Published in Cancer Weekly, July 26th, 2005

Under the U.S.Food and Drug Administration's "Consumer Health for Better Nutrition Initiative," the agency is announcing the results of a review of qualified health claims that green tea may reduce the risk of certain types of cancer.

Based on a systematic evaluation of the available scientific data, the FDA intends to consider exercising its enforcement discretion for the following qualified health claims for breast and prostate cancer:

1) "Two studies do not show that drinking green tea reduces the risk of breast cancer in women, but one weaker, more limited study suggests that drinking green tea may reduce this risk. Based on these studies, FDA...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2005-07-26)

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