U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDA Appoints New Head
It was confirmed that Robert M. Califf, MD, MACC, is the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) commissioner of food and drugs. As the top official of the FDA, Califf is committed to strengthening programs and policies that enable the agency to carry out its mission to protect and promote the public health, the ...
Registrar Corp Introduces FDA Compliance Monitor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently finalized two new rules that require food facilities and importers of food and beverages to monitor and document the compliance status of each supplier, “including FDA warning letters or import alerts relating to the safety of food and other FDA compliance actions.” The two new rules, the Preventive ...
FDA Updates Webpages to Reduce Confusion Between Legal Supplements and Illegal Drug-Spiked Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated language on several pages of its website to more accurately describe illegal, drug-spike products and to remove references to these as dietary supplements after the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) requested the changes. FDA usually uses terms such as “marketed as dietary supplements” or “masquerading as ...
FDA Determines GE Salmon Safe
“After an exhaustive and rigorous scientific review, FDA [Food and Drug Administration] has arrived at the decision that AquAdvantage salmon is as safe to eat as any non-genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon, and also as nutritious,” the FDA report stated. The FDA scientists evaluated data submitted by the manufacturer, AquaBounty Technologies, and other peer-reviewed data, ...
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, ...
New FDA Inspection Tips from AHPA
The American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) teleseminar played a large role in helping the dietary supplement industry recognize and observe good manufacturing practices. The two-hour teleseminar, held in the middle of May, had industry legal experts, including Justin Prochnow, Esq, Marc Ullman, Esq and Ashish R. Talati, Esq provide pertinent tips on U.S. Food and ...
NPA Adds Another to List of Top Employees
Immediately following the hire of Daniel Fabricant, PhD, as CEO, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has brought on Corey Hilmas, MD, PhD, as the new senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. Hilmas served the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two years as the chief of the Dietary Supplement Regulation Implementation Branch ...
Sweeten Up With Natural Alternatives
New FDA regulations will highlight added sugar content on the labels of food and beverages where it can’t be ignored or buried in ingredients lists. Suppliers are responding with sugar substitutes that sweeten the pot in both taste and nutrition. This past February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced proposed changes to food ...
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