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===Dietary supplements=== In the US, multi-vitamin/mineral products typically contain 2 to 4 mg of vitamin B<sub>6</sub> per daily serving as pyridoxine hydrochloride. However, many US dietary supplement companies also market a B<sub>6</sub>-only dietary supplement with 100 mg per daily serving.<ref name=ODS/> While the [[US National Academy of Medicine]] set an adult safety UL at 100 mg/day in 1998,<ref name=ODS/><ref name="DRItext"/> in 2023 the European Food Safety Authority set its UL at 12 mg/day.<ref name="EFSA2023"/> ====Health claims==== The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) set up the 'Foods for Specified Health Uses' ({{Nihongo2|特定保健用食品}}; FOSHU) regulatory system in 1991 to individually approve the statements made on food labels concerning the effects of foods on the human body. The regulatory range of FOSHU was later broadened to allow for the certification of capsules and tablets. In 2001, MHLW enacted a new regulatory system, 'Foods with Health Claims' ({{Nihongo2|保健機能食品}}; FHC), which consists of the existing FOSHU system and the newly established 'Foods with Nutrient Function Claims' ({{Nihongo2|栄養機能表示食品}}; FNFC), under which claims were approved for any product containing a specified amount per [[Serving size|serving]] of 12 vitamins, including vitamin B<sub>6</sub>, and two minerals.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Shimizu T |title=Health claims on functional foods: the Japanese regulations and an international comparison |journal=Nutr Res Rev |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=241–52 |date=December 2003 |pmid=19087392 |doi=10.1079/NRR200363 |url=|doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Harada K|date=2016|title=食品中の機能性成分解析|trans-title=Analysis of Functional Ingredients in Foods|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bunsekikagaku/65/6/65_309/_article/-char/ja/|journal=Bunseki Kagaku|language=ja|publisher=The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry|volume=65|issue=6|pages=309–319|doi=10.2116/bunsekikagaku.65.309|issn=0525-1931|doi-access=free|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210210435/https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bunsekikagaku/65/6/65_309/_article/-char/ja/|url-status=live}}</ref> To make a health claim based on a food's vitamin B<sub>6</sub> content, the amount per serving must be in the range of 0.3–25 mg. The allowed claim is: "Vitamin B<sub>6</sub> is a nutrient that helps produce energy from protein and helps maintain healthy skin and [[mucous membranes]]."<ref>{{cite journal|vauthors=Shimizu T|date=2001|title=新しい保健機能性食晶制度の概要|trans-title=Newly Established Regulation: Foods with Health Claims|url=http://www.ilsijapan.org/ILSIJapan/BOOK/Ilsi/PDF/ILSI066.pdf|journal=Journal of the [[International Life Sciences Institute]] of Japan|language=ja|volume=66|pages=9–15|quote=|access-date=September 23, 2021|archive-date=February 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224004852/http://www.ilsijapan.org/ILSIJapan/BOOK/Ilsi/PDF/ILSI066.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=(問14) 栄養機能食品の規格基準及び表示の基準とは、どのようなものか|trans-title=Question 14—What are the standards and labeling criteria for Foods with Nutrient Function Claims?|url=https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/2002/03/tp0313-2c.html|access-date=September 23, 2021|website=[[Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare]]|language=ja|quote=ビタミンB<sub>6</sub>は、たんぱく質からのエネルギー産生と皮膚や粘膜の健康維持を助ける栄養素です.|archive-date=September 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210923220429/https://www.mhlw.go.jp/topics/2002/03/tp0313-2c.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a review of proposed health claims for vitamin B<sub>6</sub>, disallowing claims for bone, teeth, hair skin and nails, and allowing claims that the vitamin provided for normal [[homocysteine]] metabolism, normal energy-yielding metabolism, normal psychological function, reduced tiredness and fatigue, and provided for normal cysteine synthesis.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors= |title=Scientific Opinion on the substantiation of health claims related to vitamin B6 |journal=EFSA Journal |volume=8 |issue=10 |pages=1759 |date=2010 |pmid= |doi=10.2903/j.efsa.2010.1759 |doi-access= }}</ref> The US [[Food and Drug Administration]] (FDA) has several processes for permitting health claims on food and dietary supplement labels.<ref name="HealthClaims">{{cite web |url=https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/label-claims-conventional-foods-and-dietary-supplements |title=Label Claims for Conventional Foods and Dietary Supplements |date=June 19, 2018 |website=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |access-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-date=August 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817214246/https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/label-claims-conventional-foods-and-dietary-supplements |url-status=live }}</ref> There are no FDA-approved Health Claims or Qualified Health Claims for vitamin B<sub>6</sub>. Structure/Function Claims can be made without FDA review or approval as long as there is some credible supporting science.<ref name="HealthClaims"/> Examples for this vitamin are "Helps support nervous system function" and "Supports healthy homocysteine metabolism."
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