http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=64811-pharming-lactoferrin-gras
Pharming completes GRAS notification on human lactoferrin
By staff reporter

03/01/2006 - Dutch biotechnology company Pharming said last week that
it had completed its filing for a Generally Recognised as Safe (GRAS)
notification in the United States for use of its human lactoferrin
(hlF) substance in foods.

"Pharming has notified the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that its
hLF is generally recognised as safe for use as an ingredient in
functional foods," the firm said in a statement.

Lactoferrin is a protein found in both cows' and human milk and is
particularly concentrated in colostrum, the substance newborns receive
at birth before breast milk is fully established.

It is thought to offer significant health benefits, and derived from
cow's milk and colostrum is already sold as a nutritional supplement
and ingredient in functional foods to boost the immune system.

Recent research suggested that lactoferrin also inhibits bone
breakdown and boosts bone growth.

Along with other added value whey fractions, it is seeing strong
growth, hitting 20 per cent per year in some geographical areas,
according to research from 3A Business Consulting.

Pharming has developed a novel manufacturing process - using a herd of
transgenic animals - to make significant quantities of the lactoferrin
with a partner in New Zealand.

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