False and misleading claims – particularly on the web – continue to dent consumer confidence in supplements, but there are “fewer really outrageous claims on print and on TV today than there were five years ago”, according to the Council for Responsible...
The FDA’s proposed changes for a phytosterol-based coronary heart disease (CHD)-lowering health claim should allow for powdered dietary supplements containing free phytosterols, says the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
New government data on dietary supplement usage has revealed a sharp rise in calcium and vitamin D supplementation amongst American women over 60 and a steady increase in multivitamin usage among all American adults.
A Bill set to be introduced to Congress for the fourth time calling for tax breaks for dietary supplements backed by official health claims has a much better chance of success this time around, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has predicted.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a statement warning consumers to “beware of fraudulent dietary supplements” as its labelling, GMP and AER crackdown continues.
The enactment of the Dietary Supplements Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) was a ‘milestone in the development of Public Health policy in the United States’, says the editorial in a special issue of Fitoterapia.
The use of dietary supplements by elite athletes is decreasing, says a survey from Finland that proposed purity concerns may be contributing to the decline.
Industry is singing the praises of a “pragmatic” National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) five-year plan that it says has responded to its concerns, along with those of consumers and academics, about CAM science and its translation...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and San Francisco-based Optivia Biotechnology have signed a collaboration agreement to assess the effect of dietary supplements on key drug transporters.
The US dietary supplements industry has welcomed the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans which demonstrated a thawing in attitude toward supplements use from a Guidelines committee that has previously baulked at recommending them.
Mineral experts Albion has announced the funding of a new clinical study to investigate the effects of its magnesium creatine chelate ingredient on physical performance.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has released a guidance document for selling and marketing supplements to stay up to date on to the laws and regulations under which supplements are sold.
As the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prepares final guidance on Investigational New Drugs (INDs) a leading trade group has warned of the damaging effect on nutrient research that could follow if the application of INDs is not modified from the current...
Use of dietary supplements in the US has risen slightly, with about 50 percent of Americans reporting supplement use, according to a survey of 20,000 people.
With mid-term elections on Capitol Hill imminent, the heads of the three biggest trade groups in the US met at SupplySide West in Las Vegas to discuss its implications for the dietary supplements industry.
The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Bill (S. 510) will bolster safety and quality in the US dietary supplements industry, according to leading trade group the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
Industry continues to urge the Food and Drug Administration to close the Section 912 loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) that could allow nutrients such as omega-3s, L-arginine and baobab to be reclassified as drugs.
Soldiers are more likely than their civilian peers to use dietary supplements linked to performance enhancement, a survey of 990 US Army personnel has revealed.
Consumers around the world are more likely to address some health conditions via foods, while preferring dietary supplements for others, find a new survey.
Needs improvement, is the verdict of trade organization Council for Responsible Nutrition on the draft report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee (DGAC).
The importance of dietary supplements in preventative healthcare has once more been highlighted to US health policy staffers, just weeks after the government announced more funds for the prevention of chronic diseases.
The Federal Trade Commission will not be granted extra authority to police healthy foods and supplements marketing – among other powers – after a provision that would have done just that was removed from a Bill designed to reform Wall Street practices.
In the fourth part of NutraIngredients’ sports nutrition series, we scan a category as reliant on its elite sports roots as it is at times reviled by them and the rules that can lead to perfectly good products being called foul.
Industry has responded positively to Wednesday’s Senate meeting on food supplements for the elderly, with its concerns about the need to increase FDA funding given a good hearing along with its affirmation of good practice as outlined in DSHEA.
Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) chief Steve Mister will tell a Senate Special Committee on Aging meeting today that the dietary supplements industry is adequately regulated, but the FDA requires more funding to police it.
The call for better biomarkers to substantiate health claims is a bold and timely move, but we need to move away from trying to judge foods as pharmaceuticals.
The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has been methodically buying dietary supplements from vendors and websites like amazon.com and will produce a list of branded products that contain banned substances by the end of the summer.
In the first part of a special edition on joint health, Nutraingredients.com looks at the market for the ingredient that far outpaces the others in the pack - glucosamine.
Dietary supplements took a step closer to playing a key role in preventative medicine following a recent meeting in Washington DC between the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, and the trade associations Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and...
Funding new research, supporting new research tools and maximizing supplements knowledge will form the cornerstone of US Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) activity, the body has stated in a five-year mission statement.
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Jon Tester (D-MT) and Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) along with House of Representative members, Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Jared Polis (D-CO) have been named industry champions at the 13th NPA Natural Products...
An article about vitamins published by Readers Digest has mislead millions of Americans about the important contribution dietary supplements can make to a healthy lifestyle, warns the Council for Responsible Nutrition.
Leading dietary supplements trade group the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has sent a letter to Republican Senator John McCain addressing serious concerns it has about floor statements the Senator made on Monday which slammed dietary supplements...
“The time has come for lawmakers to re-evaluate the DSHEA,” is the conclusion of a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine academic in a recent report published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Industry groups and legal experts have condemned the Dietary Supplement Safety Act of 2010 as an unnecessary threat to existing legislation that is already empowered to ensure dietary supplements in the United States are safe.
The Food and Drug Administration’s recently issued draft guidance on the difference between liquid supplements and beverages is confusing and may create a slippery slope of inappropriate criteria and mis-categorized products, according to the Council...
California-based VMG Global has pleaded guilty of selling products marketed as dietary supplements but illegally spiked with steroids, according to the NY Times.
The FDA has told Ovos Natural Health it needs more time to process the Canadian biotech firm’s petition to have its brain health offering, homotaurine, accepted as a new dietary ingredient (NDI).
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued 44 warning letters with internet cancer claims being the primary target. In 2009, the agency upped the ante, issuing 73 letters, half of which targeted swine flu (H1N1) products. Washington DC-based...
A 1983 court case that distinguished between a drug and a food on the grounds of taste, aroma or nutritive value, is informing recently issued FDA advice on the difference between liquid beverages and dietary supplements, according to an industry figure.
Four major US supplement trade associations have issued a joint statement reaffirming an earlier condemnation of companies marketing dietary supplements as treatments for swine flu or H1N1.
A balanced diet is best way to safeguard health and to prevent disease rather than relying on nutrition supplementation, according to the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
Responding to a call from the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) for greater regulation of the dietary supplements industry, trade groups have defended the legal status quo – fingering a lack of policing for a rise in contamination problems from...
George Pontiakos, the president and chief executive officer of California-based, BI Nutraceuticals, tells Shane Starling why he thinks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should get more credit than it does.
Frutarom USA has followed the European release of a herb extracted from the purslane plant that studies show have glucose-controlling properties, with a US launch targeting the dietary supplements area.
A prominent member of the Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School says DSHEA needs urgent reform because it is holding the FDA back from ensuring that dietary supplements are safe.
Florida-based RZN Nutraceuticals has won a US patent for a process that improves the bioavailability of herbal products and which it says will drive contract manufacturing business.
