Legislative challenges to dietary supplements and opportunities for regulatory fine tuning continue even as the industry is distracted, said Steve Mister of CRN.
A Consumer Reports article detailing what it calls quality failures in turmeric and echinacea supplements has been assailed as being based on false assumptions and arbitrary parameters.
“There’s a new idea emerging that if you have a lot of followers on Instagram and you have a six pack then you are an authority on nutrition and health,” sports nutrition professionals were warned during a nutrition myth-busting conference held in Ireland...
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal has caused consternation among stakeholders in the probiotics space. Why? Well, for an article written by an MD and cancer researcher it’s as unscientific as it is potentially damaging.
New Trump Administration executive orders on guidance documents from regulatory agencies likely will affect the dietary supplement industry, an attorney says.
As widely predicted, the plaintiff’s bar has turned its attention to the burgeoning CBD category with a series of lawsuits alleging that products contain “significantly lower levels of CBD than advertised.”
Trade body Natural Health Products New Zealand has called for the removal of a research paper which claimed that six out of 10 of the country’s best-selling fish oil products contained less omega-3 fatty acids than what was stated.
Companies that foster science in the dietary supplement industry can labor under the prejudices of those who say that any industry funding of a study must necessarily taint the results.
Less than 2% of over 800 recalls initiated in 2019 involved dietary supplement products, says a new report from AHPA that supports “overall safety of the dietary supplements”.
The Natural Products Association, the oldest trade organization in the dietary supplement industry, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday, according to an NPA statement.
Trade body Complementary Medicines Australia (CMA) has reassured the safety of Australian made supplements but cautioned against the online purchase of overseas products, amid ongoing doping saga involving national swimmer Shayna Jack.
Making unsubstantiated disease claims is not only illegal, but as they can prey upon vulnerable populations, they should be considered highly immoral to boot.
