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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 ...
Efficient Regulatory Structure Critical to Protecting Consumers and Public Health, says NPA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has called for a streamlined and efficient regulatory structure to protect consumers and public health as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implements its “Comprehensive, Multi-Year Nutrition Innovation Strategy.” “NPA supports the goals of FDA in its plans for the Multi-Year Nutrition Innovation Strategy and its efforts to promote ...
FDA Asks for Consumer Input on Labeling Plant-Based Products, NPA Responds
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a request for information as it examines its approach to the use of dairy food names like “milk,” “cheese,” or “yogurt” in the labeling of plant-based foods and beverages. Earlier this year, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced FDA’s Nutrition Innovation Strategy (NIS) in a speech to the National ...
New Draft Guidance for Probiotic Labeling Could Yield Inaccurate Product Labels, CRN Says
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released a draft guidance entitled “Policy Regarding Quantitative Labeling of Dietary Supplements Containing Live Microbials” to advise firms that manufacture, market or distribute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 ...
AHPA NDI Database Shows Increase of Recent Notifications Filed Successfully
Eight of the 21 new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) between January 1, 2018 and May 31, 2018 were filed by the agency without substantive comment. The vast majority of these (17) complied with all submission regulations (21 CFR 190.6). The recently received data have been analyzed and ...
NSF Updates Pesticide Test Requirements for Supplements
NSF International and the NSF/ANSI 173 Joint Committee have updated the pesticide testing requirements included in NSF/ANSI 173, the only American National Standard for dietary supplements. A recent NSF study established chemical-specific pesticide limits for 185 pesticides that might be present in botanical ingredients used in dietary supplement ingredients. “The new testing requirements fill an ...
Study Questions Importance of Supplements, Industry Responds
Nutritional supplement industry associations have responded to a new study led by researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto, which suggests that the most commonly consumed vitamin and mineral supplements provide no consistent health benefit or harm, and says to rely on a “healthy” diet for vitamins and minerals. Published in the ...
UNPA Announces No-sale Policy for Liquid, High-dose Caffeine Products as a Condition of Membership
The United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) has approved the adoption of a new, “no-sale” policy for liquid, high-dose caffeine products for retail sales. The policy is effective immediately as a condition of membership for prospective and all current UNPA members and joins a 2015 no-sale policy for bulk-powdered caffeine products. UNPA recommends that high-dose caffeine products not ...
USP Announces Updated Ingredient Verification Program
USP (United States Pharmacopeia) has updated its Ingredient Verification Programs (IVP), services that help companies ensure they meet quality standards for ingredients used in the manufacture of dietary supplements and drug products. USP has IVPs for dietary ingredients (IVP-DI), for excipients (IVP-E) and for active pharmaceutical ingredients (IVP-API). Manufacturers of finished dietary supplements and drug ...
Industry Applauds FDA Action on Highly Concentrated Caffeine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently took an important step to better protect consumers from the dangers of highly concentrated and pure caffeine products. These products present a significant public health threat because of the high risk that they will be erroneously used at excessive, potentially dangerous doses. Highly concentrated and pure caffeine, ...
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