dietary supplements
Industry Questions FDA Policy Notice on NDIs
On May 20, FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of a draft guidance, “Policy Regarding Certain New Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements Subject to the Requirement for Pre-market Notification.” Under the new policy described in this draft ...
Rhode Island Senate Passes Amended Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility
On June 7, the Rhode Island State Senate approved an amended version of S. 2613, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to youths under the age of 18. The original version would have prohibited dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandate that only retail clerks may have access to them; ...
Talking Compliance and Quality With Stratum Nutrition’s Nena Dockery
Nutrition Industry Executive (NIE) magazine asked Nena Dockery, Regulatory Affairs Manager of Carthage, MO-based Stratum Nutrition to provide comments on questions we posed to her about compliance and quality in the natural products industry. Here are her expanded comments: NIE: One analysis of FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) data reported that 776 adulterated dietary ...
Women in Naturals: Leadership Her Way
The panel: Nicole Brown, Chief Innovation Officer, Open Book Extracts, Roxboro, NC, www.openbookextracts.com Annie Eng, Founder & CEO, HP Ingredients Corp., Bradenton, FL, www.hpingredients.com Sandra Lee, CEO, NJ Labs, New Brunswick, NJ, www.njlabs.com Marlene Hurtado-Siegal, President & Owner, Ecuadorian Rainforest LLC, Clifton, NJ, www.intotherainforest.com Natasha Dhayagude, CEO & Co-Founder, Chinova Bioworks, Fredericton, NB, Canada, www.chinovabioworks.com ...
Sports Supplements Are Under Attack—Here’s How We’re Fighting Back
More and more Americans are participating in sports and recreational activities of all kinds as a way to improve or maintain a healthy lifestyle. Many of them turn to dietary supplements to increase performance, boost their energy level, or shorten their recovery time. In fact, the demand for sports nutrition and weight management supplements has ...
Natural Products Industry Update
Industry transforms to meet COVID-19 challenges. The panel: Cal Bewicke, CEO, Ethical Naturals Inc., Novato, CA, www.ethicalnaturals.com Jonathan W. Emord, President & Principal, Emord & Associates, Clifton, VA, https://emord.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President & CEO, Natural Products Association, Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Abhishek Gurnani, Partner (Chicago Office), Abhishek Gurnani, Amin Talati Wasserman LLP, https://amintalati.com Andrew Hebard, ...
ICYMI: NPA’s Fabricant Appears on CBS “The Doctors”
Daniel Fabricant, PhD., president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA) and the former chief regulator of the dietary supplement industry appeared on the CBS show “The Doctors” on February 7, 2022. Fabricant discussed the unintended consequences of legislation in California that would place age restrictions on nutritional supplements. The legislation recently passed by ...
In Memoriam: James S. Turner, 81, Esq., Chairman & President, Citizens for Health
James S. Turner, Esq., Chairman and President of Citizens for Health (CFH), passed away suddenly at his Washington, D.C. home on January 25th; he was 81. One of Ralph Nader’s original “Nader’s Raiders,” Turner co-wrote the 1970 book, The Chemical Feast: Ralph Nader’s Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration. Time Magazine commented at the ...
ABF Ingredients Acquires Fytexia Group
ABF Ingredients (ABFI, U.K.) has acquired Fytexia Group, a life science company developing scientifically supported active nutrients for dietary supplements. This strategic acquisition will expand ABFI’s portfolio of products and capabilities to better serve the pharmaceutical, nutritional and food market sectors. Headquartered in France, with a presence in Europe and regional offices in the U.S. ...
FDA Announces Qualified Health Claim for Magnesium and Reduced Risk of High Blood Pressure
In a letter of enforcement discretion released on Jan 10., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it does not intend to object to the use of certain qualified health claims regarding the consumption of magnesium and a reduced risk of high blood pressure (hypertension), provided that the claims are appropriately worded to avoid misleading ...
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