dietary supplement
Trade Associations Warn Consumers of Dangerous Substance Illegally Marketed as a Dietary Supplement
The dietary supplement industry sounded the alarm about the dangers of “phenibut,” a substance being illegally marketed in products fraudulently labeled as dietary supplements. Developed and used as a drug in the former Soviet Union for its supposed brain-enhancing properties, phenibut is not approved as a drug in the United States, nor does it meet ...
AHPA Advocacy Spurs Correction of FDA’s Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has corrected its Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide after the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) notified the agency of inaccurate information posted online. AHPA notified FDA in September 2015 that its guidance for industry titled “A Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide,” included one detail that contradicted current law and FDA regulations. ...
Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Adulterating Supplements
The owner and president of a dietary supplement manufacturing company in Flanders, NJ, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to a scheme in which he directed the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements sold by his company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Barry Steinlight, 69, of Hackettstown, ...
BASF Divests Omega-3 Production Plant
BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany / Mount Bethel, PA) signed a definitive agreement to sell its manufacturing facility for natural fish oils, medium- concentrated omega-3s, and customized bottled fish oil in Brattvåg, Norway, to Marine Ingredients, a leading manufacturer of quality marine-based ingredients and customized products, reported the company. Both parties agreed not to disclose financial details ...
InstantGMP Adds Data Transfer Tool for QuickBooks
InstantGMP (Cary, NC), a company that develops cloud-based electronic batch record software and SOPs specific to the dietary supplement industry, created an import tool that interfaces with QuickBooks Desktop Applications, reported the company. Users can export inventory and purchase order data from InstantGMP and upload it to QuickBooks instead of updating it in multiple applications. ...
CRN Responds to New Analysis on DMBA
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued a statement in response to a new analysis, “A Synthetic Stimulant Never Tested in Humans, 1,3-dimethylbutylamine (DMBA), is Identified in Multiple Dietary Supplements,” published online in Drug Testing and Analysis. Steve Mister, president & CEO, CRN, said the council agrees with the authors of this analysis that DMBA ...
Watch Your Labeling
Just like good gossip, bad labeling and claims can start early–and create trouble.Your labeling can make or break you. In addition to investing time and money to create a visually appealing dress that encourages a consumer to physically inspect it on a shelf, it needs to also properly convey its contents, its directions of use, ...
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