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New Draft Guidance for Probiotic Labeling Could Yield Inaccurate Product Labels, CRN Says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a draft guidance entitled “Policy Regarding Quantitative Labeling of Dietary Supplements Containing Live Microbials” to advise firms that manufacture, market or distribute dietary supplements that contain live microbial ingredients of the conditions under which the FDA intends to exercise enforcement discretion to allow firms to declare ...
Pharmachem Moves to Measure All “Viable” Cells in Probiotics vs. CFUs
Pharmachem Laboratories, Inc., (Kearny, NJ) announced that it is now using flow cytometry to more accurately and quickly measure the viable cells in probiotic formulas as opposed to the traditional plating method which measures only colony forming units (CFUs). According to Alexis Collins, director of scientific affairs for Pharmachem, at least one-third of the company’s ...
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