New Zealand firm Mountain Red has obtained a US ‘sports grade’ certification for its deer velvet antler supplement, after passing assessment by a third party laboratory.
Europe’s Food Safety Authority (EFSA) rules scientific evidence pointing to a white kidney bean extract’s link with body weight reduction as “insufficient,” after the applicant cites application process inconsistencies.
The turmoil surrounding the CBD question has obscured other important debates, such as how to alter DHSEA is such a way that more scientific information can be conveyed to consumers.
An expert panel has recommended an expanded treatment envelope for the EPA drug Vascepa. An expert says the move won’t affect the supplement market directly but does add to recent official recognition of the health benefits of omega-3s.
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.
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.
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.
The case this week of a beverage brand making a supposedly tongue in cheek reference to suicide points to the risks inherent in swinging for the fences in product marketing.
