| The Expert Working Groups, created by the panel on Dietary Reference Values (DRVs), set up in 1987 by the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy (COMA), revised the Recommended Daily Intakes (RDIs) and Recommended Daily Amounts (RDAs) used in the previous COMA reports of 1969 and 1979 respectively.
The recommendations on DRVs as defined in the 1991 COMA report are scientifically more sound and
comprehensive than those in its predecessor. |