A-Mansia Biotech’s pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila is the first next generation gut microbe to get the green light from EFSA, opening the door to a "new generation of nutritional supplements".
Amazon heightened the priority of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 when it announced to dietary supplement sellers that ISO accreditation is required, along with Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) in order to sell products on its online retail platform.
Scientists at supplement manufacturer NOW have validated a new test method for finding pesticide residues in difficult-to-analyze botanicals, such as Hawthorn extract.
The US Food and Drug Administration has sent another warning letter in its decade-long campaign against the use of the weight loss drug sibutramine in dietary supplements.
By By Steve Mister, President & CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition
We all want an expedient solution to the stalemate with FDA over the legal status of cannabidiol (CBD), but the call to allow FDA to set a maximum safe level for CBD is antithetical to the law governing dietary supplements, DSHEA.
Today (Aug 24) marks a deadline for public comment on a FDA request for input on the abuse potential of a number of drug substances, including kratom. Even as the regulatory winds shift around the ingredient, analytical labs are lining up to service...
Nuseed Nutritional US has announced its omega-3 ingredient derived from a genetically modified canola strain has successfully completed a New Dietary Ingredient Notification with FDA.
The maker of a beverage claiming to treat anxiety disorders has received a warning letter form the US Food and Drug Administration for both alleged drug claims and the inclusion of an illegal dietary ingredient.
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected two New Dietary Ingredient Notifications for CBD ingredients. Industry stakeholders said the fact of the rejections and some of wording used in the letters makes it clear that new legislation is likely...
The US Food & Drug Administration has sent a letter to Amazon about the availability of drug-tainted sexual enhancement and weight loss products for sale on its platform, the majority of which were marketed as dietary supplements.
The passing of NFL player Korey Stringer two decades ago, and the implication of the popular ingredient ephedra in that tragedy, was a seminal event in the dietary supplement sphere. Experts agree it helped bring into being adverse event reporting for...
FDA has issued an import alert on a Southeast Asian herb that reportedly has been used in a similar way to kratom, about which the Agency has also raised a red flag.
Nutrachampion Loren Israelsen said he’s grateful that the award signifies that decades later his peers think he’s still contributing in a meaningful way to the industry that he helped create.
The Supplement Safety Compliance Initiative has strengthened the industry in the wake of New York Attorney General affair and has put it in a far better position to deal with future challenges, attendees at a recent event were told.
A bill put forward by Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, to decriminalize marijuana includes language on CBD that has been welcomed by supplement industry stakeholders.
A new collaboration announced by the Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program will make hundreds of analytical methods more easily available to the industry.
Five Democratic Senators have cosigned a letter the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies asking for a significant increase for the budget for the Office of Dietary Supplement...
More and more companies are using apps to gain insights on their respective industries. With the right data inputs, technology can improve decision making and help company leaders zero in on trends. The Releaf App is one such application that individuals...
Private equity firm Warburg Pincus is continuing its consolidation of analytical laboratories serving the food, beverage and dietary supplement industries with the acquisition announced today of Food Safety Net Services. FSNS operates more than 20 labs...
A recent warning letter that focused in part on gut health claims points out the chinks in FDA’s policy facade, as it takes the target firm to task over some claims that seem benign in nature.
NutraIngredients-USA sat down with Aaron Secrist, executive vice president of Quality, Regulatory Affairs & Operations at NOW Health Group, to reflect on what has happened over the past year and what he thinks is next for the e-commerce giant.
Belgian biotech company Inbiose, which develops human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), has submitted its application for a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) approval by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) of four HMOs.
The Federal Trade Commission has issued its final ‘Made in the USA’ rule about how companies can make this claim on their packaging and in advertising.
The publication of a recent FDA priorities list that omitted the hemp/CBD question is a reminder that a legislative solution is the only practical way forward for a regulatory resolution for these ingredients, advocates say.
Publishing a revised version of the NDI Draft Guidance has made a list of FDA priorities for the coming year. Industry observers welcomed the news, but questioned how much impact it might have if enforcement priorities remain as they are.
The manufacturer of a nerve function support product has agreed to drop claims for the supplement after a challenge by the Council for Responsible Nutrition.
Following Probiotas Americas, NutraIngredients-USA sat down with Attorney Ivan Wasserman to hear what is going on in the legal world of dietary supplements.
By Alwine Kardinaal, Nutrition & Health Leader at NIZO.
Building strong evidence for an immune health claim is high on the agenda for many in our industry today. In this article, a research expert discusses the process of conducting human clinical trials with this specific aim in mind.
This week’s NutraWoman has extensive experience in research and nutrition biochemistry, serves on the editorial board of multiple peer-reviewed journals, and is an active member of several organizations. Susan Mitmesser, PhD, Vice President, Science &...
With class actions against food and beverage companies are up nearly 400% since 2010 and California ground zero for many such actions, Amin Talati Wasserman has opened an office in LA to better serve its clients litigation needs.
Months ago, many may not have even been aware of the existence of this cannabis compound. Today, Delta-8 is the fastest-growing category of hemp products, with US sales of products listing Delta-8 jumping 144% from a year earlier, according to cannabis...
The COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing legal quagmire surrounding CBD supplements and foods in the US have knocked what was a booming category – along with scarce science and raw material pricing and QC concerns – but the sector is looking to economic and...
Despite a pessimistic outlook for the state of the CBD market, the CEO of a leading brand said there’s plenty of opportunity for companies committed to doing things the right way.
A new Botanical Adulterants Prevention Program bulletin on pomegranate adulteration finds that the situation has improved somewhat in the past five years, but that a still unacceptably high amount of fraudulent products are in the market.
A bill that would significantly restrict the sale of some dietary supplements in New York State has quickly advanced to a vote by the full State Senate, greatly increasing the chances it could become law.
Supplement manufacturer NOW has received ISO accreditation for its laboratories, an unusual step for an in house operation that the company says will put it in better stead to keep up with new retailer requirements such as those put forth by Amazon.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition has filed a citizen’s petition with FDA requesting that the Agency reverse its decision that the ingredient NAC is not legal for use in dietary supplements. CRN states that FDA’s ruling on the matter, voiced in warning...
FDA and FTC have warned five companies selling dietary supplements over claims their products could help consumers with infertility and pregnancy problems.
US Marshals, at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, seized over 207,000 units of dietary supplements and bulk dietary ingredients containing kratom worth approximately $1.3 million.
Nature’s Sunshine is the latest company in the dietary supplement industry to report supply chain difficulties as the dislocations caused by the global pandemic continue to reverberate through the system.
A US Senate bill introduced this week would allow federal health benefits funds and tax advantaged savings plans to be used to pay for dietary supplements.
A US Senate bill to specifically allow the use of CBD and other hemp derivatives in dietary supplements and foods has been introduced with bipartisan sponsorship. The bill also enjoys broad support within the industry.
A marketer of CBD products has agreed in a Federal Trade Commission administrative proceeding to cease making unsubstantiated disease treatment claims and pay more than $30,000 in consumer redress.
A proposed class action that attacks a fish oil supplement over its ethyl ester form has been discounted by industry stakeholders who cite the lawsuit’s flawed factual foundation.
