Introducing user fees for the food industry – of which dietary supplements are a subset – is a tough proposition, says Dan Fabricant, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association.
Germany’s federal government now confirms that cannabidiol (CBD) is to be classified as novel food citing an absence of evidence of its consumption before 15 May 1997.
As online influencers continue to wield more and more financial power, the FTC is laying down the rules on how brands and influencers must be transparent about their working relationship.
Australia’s national regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is proposing to classify non-food appropriate sports supplements as therapeutic goods.
FDA needs new tools to effectively deal with an expanding supplement marketplace, according to agency official Lowell Schiller. This is especially true when contemplating the flood of CBD products, with many more yet to come.
Athletes using cannabidiol (CBD) products should be prepared for a very real risk they could fail anti-doping tests due to contamination of banned tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), ESSNA has warned.
Cara Welch, PhD has been named deputy director of the Office of Dietary Supplements. Welch replaces Bob Durkin, who recently left FDA for a private law practice.
Before rushing into an amendment of DSHEA it’s wise to consider how the law has already been modified and how full enforcement of those provisions might accomplish what the modification advocates have in mind, a trade organization cautions.
A booming global market with double digit growth rates, establishing an adequate intake for dietary microbes, and why the impending taxonomic changes to the genus Lactobacillus are like Y2K: These were just some of the topics covered during the fourth...
The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program is nearing the final stage of its initiative to offer industry a way to keep adulterated materials from turning up in finished goods on the shelf.
Legislative challenges to dietary supplements and opportunities for regulatory fine tuning continue even as the industry is distracted, said Steve Mister of CRN.
The United States Department of Agriculture has issued its eagerly anticipated draft rule on hemp cultivation. The rule is viewed as largely consistent with many of the state rules already in place.
