The hemp/CBD industry is being threatened by so-called synthetic cannabinoids that are flooding the market, attendees at a recent botanicals conference were told.
Setting firm commodity prices will be one brick in the wall of a fully legitimized hemp industry. One company has set about doing so with a proprietary trading platform.
The new Supplement Safety and Compliance Initiative standards were formally unveiled by late last week at a meeting hosted by Walmart. The standards now go into a 30-day comment period.
A paper published by a group of medicinal biochemistry researchers provides a comprehensive look at the challenges of selecting well characterized materials for testing, including a list of recommendations for best practices.
The world of hemp and CBD products sits at a critical moment in its history, much as the dietary supplement industry did a quarter century ago, according to one of the experts who was there at the birth of the industry.
Synthesized analogs of botanical ingredients, and ingredients of wholly artificial origin, could have a place in the dietary supplement industry. But if they do, full transparency would argue that they be labeled as such.
Standardization in herbal products will boost consumer acceptance and market uptake, says Sabinsa president Shaheen Majeed, using the company’s Shagandha ashwaganda ingredient as an example.
The publication of a new guidance document on grape seed extract adulteration will strengthen the hand of branded ingredient suppliers, according to Polyphenolics company officials.
Andrew Shao, PhD, will replace Duffy MacKay, ND, as head of scientific and regulatory affairs at the Council for Responsible Nutrition in an interim role. MacKay is leaving the organization for a similar role at cannabis specialist CV Sciences.
Brand ethics and transparency are crucial for any entrepreneur looking for success in the health food and wellness space, according to industry experts at the recent Probiota conference in Copenhagen (February 13th-15th).
Essential oil adulteration continues to be an issue in the marketplace, according to testing results revealed by a major dietary supplement manufacturer.
On Monday FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb put forward some ideas about where the regulation of dietary supplements should go in the coming years. This is an opportunity that should not be missed. What should be tops on the industry’s wish list?
Dietary supplements and the ingredients that go into them have always had to walk a careful line. Everyone wants efficacy. But if your ingredient is too efficacious, are you treading too close to the drug line?
A commitment to transparency, which was on display at the Sports Nutrition Summit this week in San Diego, is what drives NutraIngredients-USA’s coverage decisions.
A new BAPP bulletin disseminates ways to detect the adulteration of ashwagandha products with undeclared material taken from the leaves or the stems of the plant.
Australian regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is advising "extreme caution" when purchasing health supplements online, after discovering cancer-causing contaminants in a Chinese herbal cough product.
The supplement industry has an opportunity to make a powerful case about its self regulatory capabilities during the interregnum of federal regulatory authority imposed by the budget impasse.
Flora Research Laboratories has debuted a comprehensive testing suite that can detect potentially dangerous synthetic cannabinoids. The service will be paired with GMP audits for companies in the CBD industry.
An initiative unveiled by FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb that could result in new legislation governing the dietary supplement industry was met with a spirit of cautious cooperation by stakeholders.
An analysis conduced by Dyad Labs concludes that of a suite of products tested, major protein manufacturers are meeting label claim when it comes to protein identity.
At the recent SupplySide West 2018 expo, Oakland-based herbal specialist Nuherbs announced a new platform in which clients can get ultra-tailored plant extracts specific to their personal needs.
The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program’s proposed Best Practices Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Disposal/Destruction of Irreparably Defective Articles is receiving support from leading ingredient suppliers in the industry, says Mark...
A disturbing new trend in saw palmetto adultertion has spurred the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program to issue a revised bulletin on the botanical.
Four trade associations have sent out warnings to the public regarding ‘phenibut,’ which they say is a dangerous substance illegally posing as a dietary supplement.
The HPTLC Association, an international organization supporting methods development for natural product ingredient identification, is preparing to add 13 more approved methods to its growing list.
A paper that published this morning in the JAMA Network Open journal found that FDA had identified 776 adulterated dietary supplements in a 10-year period ending in 2016. As most of these products were tainted with drugs, calling them ‘supplements’ was...
The Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program has released a draft version of its standard operating procedure for the destruction of defective ingredients, which has been seen as a landmark in the dietary supplement industry’s self regulation efforts.
Analysis of 35 commercial dietary supplements of Goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis L.) showed that only three did not contain what they claimed to contain. Goldenseal adulteration is well documented, and one expert says it's difficult to believe that...
A new study has found that supplements marketed for weight loss and sports applications that contain the ingredient higenamine had widely varying and unpredictable dosages of this stimulant.
Instead of relying on a ‘precautionary zero tolerance’ for pesticide residue in dietary supplements, NSF International updated the maximum allowable level for companies to pass its quality test.
HerbalGram has grown into one of the world’s most influential herbal medicine journals as it celebrates its 35th anniversary. Founder Mark Blumenthal says he’s certain he made the right decision almost 30 years ago to give the publication away.
The botanical Boswellia has been used for its anti-inflammatory properties for millennia, but it’s not uncommon to find some products today labeled as Boswellia to skimp on the amount of the botanical or to substitute in a less-researched form.
The latest Botanical Adulterants Bulletin focuses on the top-selling dietary supplement in US natural food stores: turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizome and its extracts.
Valensa International has fixed on a certification from the Florida Department of Agriculture as a way to highlight the special properties of saw palmetto and the quality issues that surround the botanical.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has warned consumers to avoid ginkgo products and called for FDA enforcement because of what it characterized as widespread adulteration.
LabCorp announced today that it has entered a definitive agreement to sell its Covance Food Solutions business to Eurofins Scientific for $670 million.
A bill to give DEA more authority to get SARMs off the market has been introduced by longtime dietary supplement industry supporter Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-UT.
Another dietary supplement manufacturer has been shut down by FDA, in this case for including illicit active pharmaceutical ingredients in its products.
FDA is stepping up monitoring illegal products entering the country, according to a blog post from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. The development was welcomed by industry stakeholders, assuming it is more than mere window dressing.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is shining a light on the issue of SARMs in sports nutrition products as a way to demonstrate that the dietary supplement industry is taking a proactive approach to dealing with dicey ingredients showing up...
Illinois-based supplement maker NOW Foods has started a relabeling project so that all products in its sports nutrition line, NOW Sports, will bear the silver Informed Sport seal, certifying third-party verification.
