Does the legislation have legs or is it just for optics? Stakeholders agree the bills are a step in a positive direction, but what impact they will have, if any, is yet to be seen.
The Commission calls out disease prevention ads, weight-loss products and MLMs as it investigates the inner workings of social media and its function in deceptive online advertising.
Are supply chains still causing problems for businesses? What are the hottest ingredients and most sought-after product claims? And do people really think about FDA’s recent actions against ingredients like NAC and NMN?
The Natural Products Association is hoping the US Food & Drug Administration is responsive to its recent Citizen’s Petition on the status of NMN, but if it’s not then other options are being considered, Dr Daniel Fabricant, NPA’s CEO tells NutraIngredients-USA.
A new Citizen’s Petition is requesting the FDA reevaluate the status of NMN or exercise Enforcement Discretion on the Drug Exclusion Clause for the ingredient.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has unveiled a new Dietary Supplement Ingredient Directory, providing detailed information on 27 ingredients that the Agency states are used in products marketed as dietary supplements.
Delegate registration is now open for Probiota Americas in Chicago, with the event kicking off with a panel with CEOs from some of the most iconic brands in the US dietary supplements space.
The Center for Contemporary Equine Studies has filed suit against retailers for selling supplements made from donkey skin, which it says is illegal in the state of California.
From authentication and identification of botanicals to approached to establishing safety and efficacy, the 21st International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB) provides stakeholders in the botanicals space a unique opportunity to learn and...
Once seen as a legal alternative to marijuana, the Agency is making it clear that synthetic cannabinoids are illegal under the Controlled Substances Act.
Robert Califf, MD, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, has stated his hope for an “an improved framework to appropriately regulate dietary supplements”, including product listing.
Even as FDA kicks off a search for a deputy commissioner for its proposed Human Foods Program who it says will have a “clear line of authority over” all human food safety and nutrition programs, industry stakeholders worry agency is choosing a “business...
In the first-of-its-kind case, the US Federal Trade Commission took action against The Bountiful Company for allegedly abusing a feature of Amazon.com to steal or repurpose reviews of another product.
The animal supplement market has come a long way, says Bill Bookout, president and cofounder of the National Animal Supplement Council (NASC), which has made it its mission to ensure the survival and quality of animal supplements on the market.
Big name brands, “illegal drugs” and a formidable opponent to the supplement industry: it has all the underpinnings of a dramatic suit— but does it hold water?
FDA will allow a very narrow set of claims linking cocoa flavanols in high flavanol cocoa powder and reduced risk of cardiovascular disease following a petition from Switzerland-based chocolate and cocoa product manufacturer Barry Callebaut AG.
The first month of 2023 is over, and already there’s some big developments (or non-developments in the case of CBD) for the US dietary supplements industry. We caught up with Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition, to...
2023 may be a New Year, but many of the old issues for the dietary supplements industry remain. In this wide-ranging interview with Daniel Fabricant, PhD, CEO of the Natural Products Association, we dug into some of the most front-of-mind issues for this...
FDA this morning unveiled a “transformative vision” for a unified Human Foods Program that will bring together under one empowered deputy commissioner nearly all of its major food components that currently are scattered across multiple divisions to better...
From 2022 sales numbers to consumer enthusiasm remaining high, and from progress with equality and diversity in the industry to the growth in awareness around the importance of the microbiome for health, there were lots of talking points from our 3rd...
Rumors about a big FDA announcement began swirling earlier this week, with the industry bracing for a potential end to a five-year wait on the regulatory future of CBD. But, much like the last few years, CBD professionals were left waiting without answers,...
ViSalis, a multilevel marketing company that sells supplements and functional foods, has seen its earning and disease claims referred to the Federal Trade Commission and the California Office of the Attorney General after allegedly declining to participate...
The dietary supplement industry dodged another regulatory bullet when New York Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have restricted the sales of some weight management and muscle building products in the state.
By Daniel Fabricant, PhD. President & CEO, the Natural Products Association (NPA)
As social creatures were often reluctant to pick sides. It feels personal that we’re picking one person or group of people over another. However, for our industry, the reality is that there are divisive issues.
The intellectual property of MusclePharm, a sports nutrition brand that had a meteoric rise and an equally spectacular fall, will be sold at an auction on Thursday, Dec. 15.
For the last 40 years, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has defended the safety of herbs and herbal ingredients and worked to ensure that herbal products remain accessible to our families, friends, and neighbors. As the industry has grown—through...
The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2023 is just two months away! Bridging the science and business of the sports and active nutrition categories, SANS is a must-attend event, and let us tell you why…
Senator Dick Durbin, D-IL, has called upon his colleagues to support the inclusion of Mandatory Product Listing language for dietary supplements into an omnibus funding bill that must be passed before mid December.
We’re five years in, so what does the CBD industry look like now and what can we expect in 2023? We spoke with several CBD experts who walked us through the highs and lows of 2022.
Scientists are calling for a European legal framework for energy drinks (EDs) to regulate maximum levels of active components, volume size, and initiate labelling improvements to mitigate health risks from excessive exposure.
A multi-level marketing firm that sells dietary supplements responded quickly to remove non compliant disease claims when challenged by an industry watchdog group.
Supply chain issues appear to be easing for the herbal supplements sector, says Michael McGuffin, president of the American Herbal Products Association, but the key lesson from the past couple of years is that supply chain management is not simple.
A shift in the relative power bases in the US House of Representatives could provide a window to make changes to dietary supplement industry regulation that could help all its players, said Steve Mister, head of the Council for Responsible Nutrition....
The change in House leadership could be an opportunity to hold federal agencies more accountable, says Daniel Fabricant, PhD, head of the Natural Products Association.
The FDA has sent out a raft of warning letters to brands selling CBD-infused foods and beverages, adopting an “aggressive position” that one industry source told us made him “concerned for our entire industry.”
Dietary supplement use among Americans is an all-time high, with the US being the leading worldwide importer of vitamin products last year. With an estimated 90% of ingredients coming from China, US policymakers are zeroed in on foreign policy.
Seven companies have been warned by the US Food and Drug Administration over claims of treating cardiovascular disease, the Agency announced yesterday.
The American Botanical Council has marked its 34th anniversary with the full debut of an open source document that responsible companies can use to prevent adulterated materials from finding their way into finished products.
Asa Waldstein is principal of the Supplement Advisory Group and the man behind 'Warning Letter Wednesdays.' His bread and butter is educating companies about the dos and don'ts of marketing.
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association is raising its profile in the dietary supplement industry, which included a second consecutive appearance at SupplySide West, a show the organization had not attended in the past.
NMN, an anti-aging ingredient, has been disallowed by FDA because of its prior investigation as a drug. The determination, which came as something of a surprise given the ingredient’s market history, has raised questions of fairness and transparency.
Health supplements brands are prohibited from engaging celebrities to endorse their products, the Chinese authorities have again warned, in a move which an expert says is targeted at a ‘grey area’ for overseas brands.
Dilution of the prebiotic message is a concern for the category even as it grows, a trade organization official says. And new methods of constructing prebiotic molecules could further complicate the issue, another expert says.
