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NPA Files Citizen Petition with FDA
In a Citizen’s Petition to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (NPA), the Natural Products Association (NPA) requested that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (“NAC”) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. “The Food and Drug Administration has not established a public health risk for NAC,” said Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of NPA. “Not ...
FDA Is Not Looking to “Throw Out DSHEA,” Says ODSP’s Welch
By Janet Poveromo During the American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) 9th Botanical Congress held virtually on May 24, Cara Welch, acting director of the Office of Dietary Supplements Programs (ODSP), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), told industry members that the FDA is not “looking to throw out DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of ...
CRN: New FDA Announcement on CBD Signals Continued Agency Inaction
In response to a notice issued on Jan. 8, 2021, from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), titled, “Better Data for a Better Understanding of the Use and Safety Profile of Cannabidiol (CBD) Products,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued the following statement: “Today’s notice, late in the day, late in a week that ...
CHPA Responds to AMA Policy Calling For Increased Regulation of Dietary Supplements
At the Special Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, physicians adopted new policy, which expands upon the AMA’s existing policy to call for more stringent federal regulation of dietary supplements—including increased oversight of manufacturing, marketing, product labeling and adverse event reporting. Under the new policy, the AMA strongly urges Congress to ...
Sourcing Quality
Nutrition Industry Executive turned to Mark LeDoux, founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Carlsbad, CA-based Natural Alternatives International, and asked him the following question: In terms of quality control, what role does the contract manufacturer play, and how does this relate to responsibility for ensuring quality up and down the supply ...
Sponsored Content: Build trust in your products and with consumers by being a quality leader
The dietary supplement industry has seen tremendous growth over the past 25 years and the global market is anticipated to reach $216 Billion by 2026. This is fueled by the fact that over seventy percent of Americans take dietary supplements. However, it is not always clear consumers can trust that what’s on their supplement label ...
Industry Forecast
An expert panel discusses the latest issues affecting the nutritional ingredients industry. The Participants Are: John B. Atwater, PhD, Senior Director, Verification Programs, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), Rockville, MD, www.usp.org Scott Bass, Partner, Sidley Austin, New York, NY, www.sidley.com Randy Kreienbrink, Vice President of Marketing, BI Nutraceuticals, Rancho Dominguez, CA, www.botanicals.com Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, ...
FDA Announces New Attention to Dietary Supplement Regulations
FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has announced that the agency is planning “new efforts to strengthen regulation of dietary supplements by modernizing and reforming FDA’s oversight,” with a goal of implementing “one of the most significant modernizations of dietary supplement regulation and oversight in more than 25 years.” The commissioner’s ...
Senator Hatch Announces Retirement
On January 2, the longest-serving Senate Republican, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced that he would not seek re-election for an eighth term. Sen. Hatch, who formed and led the Dietary Supplement Caucus in the Senate, co-authored the landmark legislation that established a rational framework for regulating dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education ...
New Book Compiles First Ever List of Pre-DSHEA Dietary Ingredients
A new book from the Natural Products Association (NPA) compiles the first ever list of pre-DSHEA (Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994) dietary ingredients. The NPA book, titled Pre-DSHEA List of Old Dietary Ingredients, is available for pre-sale starting until the end of the year for members, non-members, federal agencies and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). ...
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