A recent FDA warning letter to a company selling noni products provides a quick précis for what not to do when trying to support your product with science, said an attorney who reviewed the communication.
More than half (56%) of dietary supplement professionals said they haven’t read the Aug. 11 NDI guidance—and 6% said they haven’t read it, but told their boss that they did.
Over the last few years, the FDA has zeroed in on the dietary supplement industry. It has taken numerous actions against dietary supplements where it believes the ingredients pose health risks to the public. This scrutiny continues with the release...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will remove the “Verified by an independent, certified laboratory” statement from its store-brand Spring Valley dietary supplement labels, following an agreement with Iowa’s Attorney General.
The Federal Trade Commission has taken action against the publisher of a large number of what it calls ‘predatory’ scientific journals. The complaint alleges the publisher lies about the journals’ quality and influence, and charges undisclosed fees.
There are increasing cases of malnutrition and nutrition deficiencies in a developed country like the US, recent studies report. We chat with an expert to get his analysis.
The updated New Dietary Ingredients draft guidance, issued yesterday by the Food and Drug Administration, modifies the agency’s stance on the contentious issue of synthetic, nature-identical compounds. But not by much.
The Natural Products Association has stepped up its campaign at the national level to blunt the effects of an administrative order in Puerto Rico that puts additional burdens on dietary supplement companies operating there.
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has announced the launch of its warning letter database, giving access to data on GMP violations, technical adulteration, and labeling infringements.
Nutrition giant Herbalife followed a winding road to the payment of a $200 million fine and an FTC-mandated restructuring. The network marketing company, with more than $4.5 billion revenue in 2015, can now move forward on its mission of business expansion...
The botanical raw material GMP proposal put forward by GNC earlier this year is in active revision, according the American Herbal Products Association.
A moribund Massachusetts bill that would have restricted the sale of certain dietary supplements is part and parcel of a rising tide of state bills that affect the industry, according to CRN.
Dietary supplement regulations are insufficient to adequately regulate the industry, according to a report about what was said at a meeting of six former FDA commissioners.
Is the dietary supplement industry getting a handle on the adulteration issue? The baseline data does not exist to be able to say one way or another. But sources agree that in the one thing you can measure—the attention the issue is getting—the situation...
The very nature of network marketing means companies selling dietary supplements using this model must be extra vigilant when it comes to compliance, an expert says.
Capstone Nutrition has sued MusclePharm for breach of contract, stating in its complaint that “MusclePharm has essentially turned Capstone into its bank.”
Industry stakeholders called Sen. Claire McCaskill’s recent call for FDA scrutiny of supplement interactions with chemotherapy treatments unnecessary and an intrusion on doctor/patient relationships.
Senator Claire McCaskill, the ranking member of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, is seeking clarification about potential interactions between dietary supplements and chemotherapy treatments.
Transparency has become a watchword among dietary supplement companies. Jim Emme, president of NOW Foods, said it is one of the founding principles of his company.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has filed comments with officials in California in an effort to blunt the effect of proposed changes to Prop 65 which could add new burdens for industry.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has called on the Food and Drug Administration to ban the sale of high potency caffeine products to consumers. Despite FDA’s warning letters of last year, the products are still widely for sale, CSPI said.
The US Food and Drug Administration tells NutraIngredients-USA that it looks forward to learning more about the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s proposed industry-wide dietary supplement product registry.
Senator Claire McCaskill, the ranking member of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, is alarmed that FDA has taken so long to act against manufacturers of supplements containing methylsynephrine / oxilofrine.
Some sports supplements formulated with the illegal ingredient methylsynephrine may contain doses above and beyond the pharmaceutical dosages, says a new study led by Dr Pieter Cohen.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to 7 companies regarding a total of 8 products marketed as dietary supplements and containing methylsynephrine as a dietary ingredient.
Senator Claire McCaskill, the ranking member of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging, is seeking a comprehensive list of enforcement actions taken by the Department of Justice related to the dietary supplement industry.
Scott Bass, partner, Sidley Austin LLP, and Steve Mister, President & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), will co-chair the Fourth Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements.
Experts from the US FDA, EFSA, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, and Anvisa will provide regulatory insights about global probiotic regulations at the 2016 IPA World Congress + Probiota Americas.
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued five warning letters about products containing Acacia rigidula, which it considers a new dietary ingredient (NDI) lacking a successful NDI notification.
Former Sen. Tom Harkin has a message for the dietary supplements industry: Despite challenges from law enforcement officials, legislators and hostile media stories, the best days are ahead.
With increasing pressure on the issue of supply chain management in the supplements business, how do traditional wildcrafting operations respond? For Don Stock, CEO of American Botanicals, the answer is to apply manufacturing process controls more common...
“A waste of money”, “not subject to testing by the FDA”, and “made from untested synthetic chemicals from China” are just some of the points made by Attorney General Loretta Lynch in a new video.
The Natural Products Association will change some bylaws as a result of its current legal issues, CEO Dan Fabricant told reporters in a conference call yesterday. Fabricant said he is confident the two lawsuits the group is involved in will resolved in...
The principal of a series of New Jersey-based dietary ingredient companies has pleaded guilty in connection with the sale of methamphetamine precursor chemicals, a separate scheme to defraud purchasers of dietary supplements and money laundering.
Dr. Robert Califf, President Obama’s nominee, has been confirmed to be the new FDA commissioner, and several supplement industry trade associations are trying to schedule a meeting with him as soon as possible.
A recent move by the Food and Drug Administration to detain products without examination from foreign firms that have failed GMP inspections is welcome step toward "draining the swamp," said United Natural Products Alliance president Loren...
News that Senators Dick Durbin and Richard Blumenthal plan to introduce legislation for the dietary supplement industry came as no surprise to executives of industry trade associations.
The US Food and Drug Administration has announced the creation of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP), elevating the program from its previous status as a division under the Office of Nutrition Labeling and Dietary Supplements.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum has moved to have the lawsuit she filed against GNC heard in state court, countering a motion filed by the company to have the case moved into federal court.
A Livingston, MT resident has been sentenced to four months in prison and ordered to pay $80,000 in liquidated damages after pleading guilty to selling dietary supplements in violation of two court orders.
More stringent state or local-level laws could enhance regulation of dietary supplements, says a new academic paper that also compares the industry to Big Tobacco.
A concentrate of an old dietary ingredient may need to file a new dietary ingredient notification, according to a new warning letter from the US Food and Drug Administration about bitter orange.
Dietary supplement trade associations have universally welcomed the Department of Justice’s nationwide sweep targeting more than 100 makers and marketers of dietary supplements for alleged fraudulent ingredients and illegal claims.
The Department of Justice announced a criminal indictment of sports supplement maker USPLabs and several of its executives at a news conference in Washington, DC today as part of a nationwide sweep targeting more than 100 makers and marketers of dietary...
Attention from State Attorneys General is expected to continue and even increase, with a recent meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General’s in St Louis hosting a public session on herbal supplements.
Former FDA official Dr Joshua Sharfstein, MD, has proposed a new paradigm for the regulation of dietary supplements. The underlying shift would be a move from an attitude of “benefit versus risk” to one of “access with safety.”
