In a telephone interview after the verdict, Mr. Kotsalis said he had "strong reservations about the legal substantiation" of claims that his client accepted bribes.
But what seems to be missing is any solid substantiation of claims about the size of the strike, much less its effectiveness.
Substantiation of health claims for most botanical dietary supplements, however, remains less convincing.
This will consequently contribute to better substantiation of health claims.
At a certain point, someone will point out that Romney and Bain refuse to release any real substantiation of their claims of being job creators, as distinguished from wealth creators.
The NRC said it did not weigh costs in its decision to grant the request and that the company did not provide any substantiation of its claims of financial hardship.
This new EU regulation is raising a number of issues concerning the accurate scientific substantiation of health claims, particularly in the field of satiety.
To underpin the scientific substantiation of health claims, a set of criteria has been developed by the PASSCLAIM initiative, an EU funded project (Aggett et al., 2005).
Many of the recent and ongoing developments on the scientific substantiation of health claims with particular reference to approaches come from activities of Codex, the European food safety authority (EFSA) and the US Food and Drug Administration US FDAA).
Moreover, the European Food Safety Authority panel on dietetic products, nutrition and allergies has recently issued a guidance document on the scientific requirements for the substantiation of health claims related to gut and immune function.
CAD assesses and requires substantiation for claims in ads, like "25% more power", "environmentally friendly", "the world's biggest/smallest/ fastest".
