The Natural Products Association (NPA) has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the District of Maryland requesting the Food and Drug Administration cease its “unlawful retroactive application of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act” against N-acetyl-L-cysteine...
The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) has published a commentary raising potential safety and quality control concerns about the delta-8 THC products flooding the market. The document also raised issues with other cannabinoids that are being isolated...
A Florida-based supplement company is the latest to take the influencer marketing road by inking a deal with a prominent diet personality for a new branded supplement based on a specific enzyme.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition and the Natural Products Association have slammed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for delaying a decision on the regulatory status of NAC (N-acetyl-L-cysteine) in dietary supplements, as the Agency issues ‘tentative...
The Department of Justice has announced that Blackstone Labs LLC and two of its executives have pleaded guilty to conspiring to sell illegal anabolic steroids and other unlawful products marketed as dietary supplements. Both execs could face up to 13...
As expected, the Biden Administration has nominated Dr Robert Califf, MD, as the new FDA Commissioner. Dr Califf previously served in the role during the Obama Administration.
The Sports & Active Nutrition Summit returns in 2022 as a in person event. This unique opportunity will bring scientists, formulators, consultants and regulatory experts together in a venue overlooking Mission Bay in San Diego.
The push for a mandatory product listing is a solution in search of a problem, NPA’s chief executive maintains. Advocates of the requirement aren’t giving enough credence to the pitfalls, he maintained.
A warning letter sent to prominent firm Quicksilver Scientific points to how narrow the margin between acceptable language and an alleged disease claim can be, one legal expert says.
Companies often spend top dollar on testing, yet the only people who know about it are their internal team and auditors. Elan Sudberg, CEO of Alkemist Labs, says consumers want to know more about these test results, and he’s so convinced that his company...
The demand spike caused by the global pandemic has been a bonanza for the botanical supplements industry. But ABC chief Mark Blumenthal says it has been the biggest threat of adulteration during his time in the industry, too.
Technology is a dynamic and fast evolving area, as the supplement industry continues to face the challenges and opportunities of keeping up with growth, consumer demand and data threats.
Although the 2018 Farm Bill legalized the use of hemp and its products, it didn’t amend the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act to permit the use of hemp or hemp-derived products in dietary supplements. This lack of oversight has left a gaping hole in the industry,...
Draft bills circulating around Congress to codify mandatory product listings for dietary supplements are progressing, and could be introduced soon, says Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
Omni-channel health and wellness brand MaryRuth’s announced it is voluntarily recalling two lots of its liquid probiotic for infants due to the possibility of contamination by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
FTC announced it is sending out more than $1.1 million in compensation to consumers were deceived by fraudulently marketed pain management and healthy aging supplements.
The market dynamics and science backing of sports nutrition will support future growth as the category recovers from a pandemic-induced lull, panelists in a recent webinar said.
Utah-based Grandma’s Herbs, Inc. and its owners, Kevin Parr and Tracey Parr have agreed to a consent decree of permanent injunction to stop distributing unapproved and misbranded drugs and adulterated products.
Two attorneys are sounding the alarm on cannabis edibles that look just like popular candy—concerned these friendly looking treats could get into the wrong hands.
CRN president and CEO Steve Mister laid out four priorities for the supplement industry at a meeting yesterday. Among the highlights were to prepare for state based regulations and strengthening self regulation.
A recent paper on Bacillus probiotics raises questions that echo the quality concerns of the whole category, stakeholders said. To be considered both safe and effective, probiotics must be verified down to the strain level, the authors said.
Industry stakeholders have welcomed the news that the Biden Adminstration is reportedly ready to name Dr. Robert Califf, MD as the new FDA Commissioner, given that he has prior experience at the Agency during the Obama years.
The pandemic has supported the growth of personalized nutrition companies, though that trend has not been as obvious as some, like the increased demand for immunity products.
The US Federal Trade Commission sent out hundreds of notices yesterday over the use of endorsements it says may violate its rules. Many prominent companies in the dietary supplement industry are on the list.
NOW has released its latest round of testing of products sold on Amazon and found that the glutathione supplements it bought were of reasonable quality, though some failures in potency and purity were still observed.
Susan Hewlings, PhD, RD, has over 20 years of experience in nutrition, sports nutrition, and scientific consulting for the dietary supplement and medical industries. She is currently the director of Scientific Affairs at Nutrasource, and the author of...
A quintet of bioniformatics experts have taken a stab at devising an AI-powered method to find dietary supplement adverse event information within messages shared on Twitter. But an expert in the field doubts the approach will prove fruitful.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has indicted CanaFarma hemp and its two cofounders with fraudulently raising about $15 million from investors, and misappropriating approximately $4 million of that for personal and nonbusiness purposes.
The Federal Trade Commission has handed down the another substantial penalty this year for a misleading Made in USA claim, underlining the risk such claims can pose to manufacturers if not properly constituted
Vitamin B6 supplement dosages should be restricted to 10 mg/day or less, with higher dosages sold only as prescriptions, a citizen petition to FDA has requested. Industry stakeholders say the action is unwarranted and ignores already established safe...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law making hemp/CBD supplements and foods legal after an unsettled period in which the state health department was following a federal lead in ruling that CBD was not a legal dietary ingredient.
A recent survey by the American Herbal Products Association showed that over 50% of its members oppose a mandatory product listing for dietary supplements, with only 18% supporting the listing.
The attorney is one of the most well-known and respected lawyers in the dietary supplement scene and has become a nationally recognized thought leader on the regulation of CBD and other hemp products, as well as many other regulatory issues facing the...
Despite a recent FDA enforcement action, bringing hangover products to market with provocative claims continues to be a siren call for the dietary supplement industry.
FDA has issued a warning letter to dietary supplement manufacturer that is based in part on the presence of the problematical ingredient higenamine in some of the company’s products.
A new investigation into 116 Magnesium (Mg) food supplements on the Polish market reveals that huge differences between the declared and the actual content mean users may consume up to 304% more or 98% less Mg per day than they realise.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued a policy mandating that companies using health apps and wearable connected devices must comply with a rule governing how consumers must be informed if a data breach occurs.
The American Herbal Products Association has announced a focus on immunity for its annual Congress event that traditionally is scheduled to follow on the Supply Side West trade show in Las Vegas.
US federal regulatory agencies have issued warnings on the availability of delta-8 THC, saying reports of almost 150 recent emergency room visits have mentioned the substance.
An FDA warning letter has been issued for a an under the radar topical herbal product known as Black Salve that continues to appear on the market even after the Agency issued a consumer warning calling the product “life threatening.”
