Requiring supplement manufacturers to submit new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications will force them to seek confidential information from suppliers in order to file submissions, according to law firm Amin Talati.
Sprinkle and go? Manufacturers are seeking ever more appealing ways of delivering a meaningful dose of what’s good for us without making us pop pills. But which novel delivery formats for dietary supplements have staying power?
The potential heart health benefits of acai and its extracts may be linked to the potent anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity of a compound called velutin, new research suggests.
The only probiotics that should be subject to new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications should be “new probiotics derived from GM engineering which have little to no history of safe use”, according to the International Probiotics Association (IPA).
While consumers are constantly urged to boost their omega-3 intakes, not everyone wants to tuck into a plate of oily fish twice a week to get the benefits.
Daily supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid EPA may benefit men more than women in terms of their stroke or heart attack risk linked to blood clots, suggests new data from Australia.
A California-based company with the same name as a firm targeted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in a crackdown on adrenaline-like stimulants says it has been inundated with calls from confused customers, although it has nothing to do with the...
Botanical extracts that have been on the market for years should not automatically be treated as new dietary ingredients (NDIs) just because extraction methods have changed, according to the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).
A soy-based ingredient packing four times the nutritional punch of standard soy protein isolate could reinvigorate the cardiovascular functional food market, according to bosses at agri-food giant The Scoular Company.
The five main trade associations for the dietary supplements industry are united in their calls for a ‘timely’ and ‘substantial overhaul’ of the draft guidance, according to a joint statement.
POM Wonderful has failed to convince a federal jury that Ocean Spray Cranberries misled shoppers and deprived POM of potential sales by selling a pomegranate juice product containing only 2% pomegranate juice.
Obese children with low levels of vitamin D may be at higher risks of developing risk factors associated with diabetes such as insulin resistance, according to new research.
The FDA claims US Marshals have seized $70,000 worth of raw materials for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, as enforcement action in the dietary supplement industry continues.
The FDA’s NDI draft guidance sets up a ‘substantial and unprecedented premarket regulatory process’ that is ‘tantamount to obtaining FDA approval for dietary supplement products’, says Atrium Innovations.
Syntec Inc (Syntec Nutraceuticals) says it is “fully co-operating” with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) after supplements made at its facility in Wisconsin were seized following allegations of serious cGMP violations and unauthorized disease...
Daily supplements of strawberry powder may improve heart health measures in obese people, suggest results of a new pilot study from the USDA and the University of California, Davis.
The new dietary ingredient (NDI) draft guidance, as it stands, will not help achieve the objective of full and efficient implementation and enforcement of DSHEA, says the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), as it adds its voice to calls for FDA to...
Health advocacy group Citizens for Health (CFH) has delivered a petition to the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Food and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed by more than 12,000 Americans, calling on the FDA to withdraw its draft guidance...
Health advocacy group the Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) is exploring all available “legal remedies” should the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fail to ditch or substantially revise its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs).
The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rethink its approach to live microbial dietary ingredients.
The Food and Drug Administration should tear up its “hugely flawed” draft guidance on new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications and go back to the drawing board, according to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should recognize the existing industry list of ‘grandfathered’ or ‘old’ dietary ingredients (ODIs) sold in the US pre-1994 – but work with an expert panel to clarify its contents, according to the American Botanical...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it had no choice but to seize supplements manufactured by Syntec Inc (Syntec Nutraceuticals) after the firm committed serious cGMP violations and ignored warning letters accusing it of making unauthorized disease...
There will be differences in emphasis in comments submitted to the FDA on its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), but the overall message from the supplements industry is clear - and consistent - says the Council for Responsible Nutrition...
Oral ingestion of antioxidant polyphenols from apple peels have been shown to suppress inflammatory immune responses that may prevent colitis, according to new research in mice.
Bosses at Canadian krill oil firm Neptune Technologies & Bioressources are confident that third quarter revenues (three months to Nov 30) will be in the $5m to $5.25m range compared with $4.29m in the same period last year, representing a 17-22% rise.
Daily supplements of the polyphenol quercetin may boost levels of good cholesterol and decrease blood pressure, but benefits for waist size may be linked to our genetics, says a new study from Germany.
It’s been an eventful month in the dietary supplements trade, with the FDA provoking more wrath over its new take on phytosterol health claims but garnering praise for its tough stance on GMP compliance. Meanwhile krill oil rivals Neptune and Aker Biomarine...
The owner of two New Jersey-based dietary supplement companies guilty of criminal contempt of court relating to GMP violations has been sentenced to prison for 40 months.
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) can be salvaged, but only if the agency is willing to substantially rewrite the offending document, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has argued.
PhytoTrade Africa has secured a $100,000 cash injection from the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub to help develop a US market strategy for baobab – the African superfruit packing an unparalleled nutritional punch.
