China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Ministry of Commerce summoned all 91 direct-selling firms operating in China to a meeting as part of the “100-day operation” to clean up the health food market.
Serious adverse events represented only a tiny fraction of overall reports in a detailed look at data from two major dietary supplement manufacturers, according to a recent study.
Growing dislike for Ireland’s plans to tax vitamins, minerals, probiotics and fish oils continued this week as the country’s largest retail industry body called on the Government to review the VAT hike.
New Zealand’s natural products sector is facing yet another lengthy process of workshops, surveys and consultations to secure regulations that are fit-for-purpose, after the government signalled its intention to go back to the drawing board.
The European Commission (EC) has reclassified cannabidiol (CBD) as a Novel Food in a change that may mean CBD and hemp-derived food supplements cannot be legally sold within Europe.
A Dietary Supplement Caucus has officially been registered in the 116th Congress, with the goal of enhancing “Congressional attention to the role of supplements in health promotion, disease prevention, and address the regulation of the supplement industry.”
A proposed state law in Massachusetts to restrict the sale of weight loss and muscle building supplements would open the door for an unacceptable patchwork quilt of state laws on products that are already adequately regulated at the federal level, stakeholders...
CBD products are all the rage in the pet supplement world. But these products occupy a similar legal limbo in this realm as they do in supplements meant for humans, experts say.
From differing state laws to CBD use in sports supplements, attorney and sports nutrition expert Rick Collins shared today’s top regulatory considerations for the sports nutrition industry.
A California appeals court has affirmed a lower court ruling that had come out strongly in favor of NBTY, which had been sued in a class action over allegedly misleading structure/function claims on its vitamin E products.
The Natural Products Association is calling for a grassroots response to oppose a bill in Massachusetts that would put sports nutrition and weight management products behind the counter and mandate the posting of a comprehensive health warning.
Health Canada’s Natural and Non-prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) has approved calanus oil as an NHP. The ingredient enables dietary supplement companies to help people at risk of developing diabetes and other metabolic disorders.
Delivery systems and proprietary ingredients are the tip of the innovation spear for pet supplements (think cats and dogs), but nothing is hotter than one ingredient: CBD.
Almost 60% of complementary healthcare practitioners in Australia think recent reforms by the Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) have had an adverse impact on the industry, according to the regulator's own stakeholder survey.
