In an upbeat joint address at the Council for Responsible
Nutrition's thirtieth annual conference last week, chairman Byron
Johnson and president Annette Dickinson stressed the value of
science for health claims, the need to...
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) filed comments with
the FDA yesterday suggesting that it may have hugely overestimated
the economic benefits to the industry of the proposed GMPs.
The US dietary supplements industry could gain from an extra $10
million in annual funding for national research under new
legislation to better implement DSHEA. The new bill, proposed by
Senators Harkin and Hatch last week, would...
The US Food and Drug Administration has given the Procter &
Gamble fat replacer olestra the all-clear, after new scientific
evidence found there was no need to warn consumers of side effects.
The FDA says the new sweetener tagatose, produced by Danish company
Arla Foods, can carry a tooth-friendly health claim, reports
inventor Spherix this week.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has prepared a
report summarizing input from recent meetings with the industry on
the FDA proposals for cGMPs, which will be sent to the agency to
demonstrate industry views.
Food ingredients manufacturer Source Food Technology has introduced
a 'healthy' cooking oil with no trans fats and no cholesterol for
use by the food industry ahead of new FDA trans fat labeling regs.
The Food and Drug Administration says that Nature's Youth has
completed destruction of approximately 5700 boxes its 'Nature's
Youth hGH', after the product was found to carry misleading
labeling and health claims.
The US Food and Drug Administration has released a statement on the
National Academy of Sciences' report, 'Scientific Criteria to
Ensure Safe Food'. The report has been received as a reinforcement
of the FDA's...
FDA speakers will discuss the proposed good manufacturing practices
with dietary supplement manufacturers at an industry forum prior to
SupplySide East.
FDA approval for use of the phytosterol heart-health claim has
given Canadian company Forbes Medi-Tech a major boost for its
cholesterol-lowering ingredient Reducol.
As research in laboratories across the globe continues into the
presence of potential carcinogen acrylamide in a variety of foods,
the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) emphasised last week that
consumers should continue to eat...
"I am concerned that continuing promises have been made without
results," Congressman Frank Pallone said in a letter this week,
referring to the FDA's failure to release GMP regulations.
The US Food and Drug Administration is to expand use of the
phytosterol heart-health claim to a broader range of foods and
beverages. The move was triggered by requests from Cargill Health
& Food Technologies, the company said...
AAC Consulting Group, the regulatory consulting subsidiary of
contract research organisation Kendle International, has signed an
agreement with two toxicologists to further expand its services to
the food and dietary supplement industries.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition last week sent a letter to
Senator Durbin and other legislators recommending several actions
be taken to protect the safety and reliability of
ephedra-containing dietary supplements.
A White House health policy adviser on the American President's
Council of Economic Advisers has been chosen to fill the role,
empty since January 2001, of commissioner for the US Food and Drug
Administration.
Claims that the US Food & Drug Administration was unduly
influenced by the US food industry when drawing up its guidelines
on fish consumption and mercury have been refuted by the National
Food Processors Association (NFPA).
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled that the
product called Nico Water is an unapproved drug and that it cannot
therefore be legally marketed as a cure for nicotine addiction or a
dietary supplement.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has responded to a
request from the US Congress and drawn up a detailed analysis of
the likely cost of implementing the Dietary Supplement Strategy
10-Year Plan, drawn up in January 2000 to...
President Bush is being put under pressure to find someone to take
on the role of head of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
reports the Financial Times.
The war against terrorism in the US has opened up a new front - the
food industry. The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has made
protecting the food supply from potential terrorist action one of
its priorities for 2002.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is to reopen for 45 days
the comment period for the interim final rule authorising a health
claim on the association between plant sterol/stanol esters and
reduced risk of coronary heart disease...
