An FDA risk assessment that is expected to declare meat and milk
derived from cloned animals safe for the food supply is currently
being reviewed by the government, and is due to be released by the
end of the year.
A former FDA deputy commissioner for policy reiterated the need for
industry to show its support for an increased budget for the
federal agency, following a report last week denouncing its
capacity to properly regulate nanotechnology...
Nutraceutical Corporation is not giving up its fight for banned
herbal, ephedrine, and has filed a petition for rehearing in front
of the entire tenth circuit of the US Court of Appeals, following a
federal appeals court decision...
The FDA has released a guidance for food facilities to maintain
records of production and distribution that still falls short of
taking a stance on the issue of adverse events reporting.
The FDA has responded to criticisms made by the Union of Concerned
Scientists (UCS) that the regulation body is under pressure to
exclude or alter technical information on scientific reports that
could affect the safety of products.
The FDA has exerted post-market regulatory muscle by testing the
contents of several sexual health supplements sold via the Internet
in a first-of-its-kind survey and subsequently issued a warning, in
which it calls them illegal drugs.
The marketing of functional confectionery products has been called
into question following an FDA warning letter sent to Masterfoods
USA over health claims and folic acid in its CocoaVia chocolate
bars.
A new US Food & Drug Administration report could spell market
opportunities for healthy ingredients as it aims to heighten
awareness of the nutritious potential for foods eaten or prepared
away from the home.
Makers of cherry-based supplements are seeking to meet FDA
marketing standards on their websites by ensuring that any claims
linking cherries and health are 'two clicks' away from sales
pages.
In the aim of generating awareness of the difference between
dietary supplements and illegal drugs, the National Nutritional
Foods Association (NNFA) has today reinforced its stance against
amending the present legal framework that...
The gamble by US authorities 15 years ago to let the industry deal
with benzene residues in soft drinks has failed, and instead only
kept those who needed to know in the dark.
More soft drinks will be tested for cancer-causing chemical benzene
in the UK after it was revealed some drinks contain up to eight
times the legal limit for drinking water.
ADM has received FDA go-ahead for its CardioAid plant sterols to be
used in a wider range of food products, which will make it easier
for consumers to lower cholesterol without radically changing their
diet.
The wording of health claims - both full and qualified - confuses
consumers and discourages marketers from using them, the NNFA has
said in comments submitted to the FDA.
A pamphlet distributed by the FDA is discouraging consumers from
continuing or recommending dietary supplements, reports a study
from the University of Connecticut.
In the absence of definitive action from the FDA, food
manufacturers should take the initiative to promote whole grains to
the American public, clearly indicating if products are an
excellent source or a good source of whole grains,...
Mandatory serious adverse events reporting for dietary supplements
is inevitable and, so long as there are protections in place, will
be good for the industry, according to the three main associations.
The FDA has delivered its long-awaited decision on health claims
petitions on tomatoes/lycopene, approving only limited claims on
tomatoes and tomato sauce but denying claims for tomato-based
products and dietary supplements.
With the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) poised to release a
risk assessment that is expected to declare food products derived
from cloned animals safe for the food supply, a new study has found
that these products would be...
A new study indicates that the mandatory addition of folic acid to
all grain products has had less of an impact on neural tube defects
in non-Hispanic black births than other racial and ethnic groups,
prompting renewed pressure on...
The FDA has issued a favorable response to a qualified health claim
petition filed by Nutrition 21 for the nutritional supplement
chromium picolinate, though it concluded that any link between
chromium picolinate and either insulin...
LycoRed has fulfilled the FDA's GRAS requirements with its
Lyc-O-Mato Powder for functional foods - news which the company
expects will encourage its use by large food companies.
The FDA is warning consumers against taking a Chinese dietary
supplement called Ligaing 4 because it contains the drug glyburide
and could pose life-threatening dangers to diabetics and those with
low blood sugar users.
The FDA will appeal to the United States Court of Appeal for the
Tenth Circuit over the Utah court ruling that the FDA had failed to
meet its burden of proof that a daily dose of 10 mg or less of
ephedrine alkaloids presents an unreasonable...
One month after a Utah court issued a ruling on low dose ephedra
products, the dietary supplements industry is still in limbo over
the previously-banned herbal, since the FDA has not yet given any
indication of its next course of...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is actively
discouraging the dietary supplements industry from resuming sales
of ephedra products following the court ruling that the FDA failed
to prove that a daily dosage of 10mg...
The FDA has issued new guidelines to help dietary supplement
manufacturers label products in an appropriate, consumer-friendly
way and conform to requirements.
The FDA says it has seized $13,500 worth of dietary supplements
either containing or claiming to contain banned ephedrine alkaloids
from Pennsylvania company ATF Fitness Products.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has filed comments
with the FDA aimed at helping it to tighten up the new dietary
ingredient (NDI) notification process required by the 1994 Dietary
Supplement Health and Education Act...
Sabinsa Corporation has been making sure its manufacturing
processes are up to scratch in anticipation of new FDA requirements
by submitting its products for testing by public health and safety
company NSF International.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has this week issued the
final part of the Bioterrorism Act that notes the importance of
recordkeeping for the food industry.
The Solae Company announced yesterday that the FDA has requested an
extension in reviewing a potential health claim for soy-protein
based foods and cancer.
NOW Foods yesterday issued a statement assuring the supplement
industry and its consumers that it has responded to the FDA's
warning letters about its American ginseng product, reports
Philippa Nuttall.
Earlier this year the US government said it wanted food companies
to be clearer about the information displayed on product labels,
now the FDA has suggested they should note the percentage of daily
recommended calories the product...
The supplement industry has broadly welcomed the announcement of
three major regulatory initiatives by the FDA to further DSHEA ten
years after the legislation was first implemented.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is holding a public meeting
on 15 November to give industry and consumers the chance to discuss
the government body's premarket notification program for new
dietary ingredients (NDIs).
With the finalization of the cGMPs (Good Manufacturing Guidelines)
for the dietary supplement industry scheduled for this winter, the
American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has decided to preempt
any problems which could arise...
The FDA yesterday announced its plans for the next six months - one
priority being to finalize the GMP (Good Manufacturing Guidelines)
for the dietary supplement industry by the winter.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has joined the growing
swell of support for the dietary supplements industry to develop an
appropriate reporting system for serious adverse events.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to
consumers not to purchase or consume a herbal product, being
promoted as a natural version of Ecstasy.
Mark McClellan is to leave his post as Commissioner of the US Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), shortly after implementing the
agency's first ban under the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health
Education Act.
FDA's ephedra ban, scheduled for publication tomorrow, carries
broad implications for the entire dietary supplement industry, says
the National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA).
Industry associations have jointly recommended a number of further
changes to the FDA's proposed current good manufacturing practices
(cGMP), which they say would make it a more 'reasonable' assessment
of product quality.
Consumer and health and safety will be a key priority for the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2004, stressed the US government
body in a white paper released last week.
Tough new bioterrorism rules that entered into force earlier this
month have come under fire from a US consumer watchdog, accusing
the FDA of 'watering down' the rules.
Food marketers in the US can now make a claim referring to the
beneficial actions of wholegrains on reduction of heart disease
risk, following an application from Kraft Foods.
US bioterrorism regulations come into force today requiring all
food plants to register with the Food and Drug Administration and
food importers to give the agency advance notice before shipments
arrive at ports or border crossings.
A group of senators yesterday introduced a resolution urging the
FDA to immediately remove all ephedra-containing supplements from
the market. Industry continues to encourage a decision taken on the
science and not the politics.
