The Food and Drug Administration has announced a regulatory framework for precertifying medical device software to streamline the way in which these devices are brought to market.
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.
By Stephen Daniells, Hank Schultz, and Adi Menayang
The year is new and many people are getting out their crystal balls. NutraIngredients-USA is no different, and here are five more of our Top 10 big issues that will impact the dietary supplements industry in 2019.
The federal government shutdown has thrown a wrench into the works of the Food and Drug Administration. While food safety might not have been compromised, many of the agency’s more routine assignments are on hold and it may take months to catch up.
By Stephen Daniells, Hank Schultz and Adi Menayang
The year is new and many people are getting out their crystal balls. NutraIngredients-USA is no different, and here are five of our Top 10 big issues that will impact the dietary supplements industry in 2019.
While the Farm Bill has removed industrial hemp from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the use of CBD as an ingredient has many more hurdles to overcome especially with the FDA, according to attorney Todd A. Harrison.
Puerto Rico has passed legislation that will allow supplement companies doing business there to sidestep legislation that the industry has objected to as burdensome and unnecessary.
Whatever hemp proponents have been saying about the import of the 2018 Farm Bill, it is still illegal to market CBD containing dietary supplements in interstate commerce, FDA Commissioner Dr Scott Gottlieb, MD, reiterated yesterday. Dr Gottlieb said...
A proposal by an Arizona governmental branch to regulate supplements like drugs has been successfully opposed by the American Herbal Products Association and the Natural Products Association.
By George Paraskevakos, Executive Director, International Probiotics Association (IPA)
As I celebrated three years at IPA in April, I couldn’t help but reflect on the shape the industry has taken. Going from being sparingly mentioned in the press and fast forward to today and it is almost every other week we see probiotics in the headlines....
By Steve Mister, president/CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
Unless you’ve been living in a tree, most stakeholders in the dietary supplement industry have heard of the Supplement OWL. Please pardon the pun, but “hoo” hasn’t?
Counter to the chatter aroused by a recent report, the State of New York has not ‘banned’ CBD, according to an expert on the legality of hemp products. The state did however put some boundaries around a pilot agricultural program.
