Industry members should consider making donations to the AOAC if
its Dietary Supplements Task Force (DSTF) is to continue drawing up
analytical standards for botanicals and dietary supplement
ingredients beyond the end of its contract...
The introduction of the new Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) may
affect the profits of unprepared supplement makers, but industry
insiders say the costs are justified by the need to make sure all
companies adhere to standards,...
Sabinsa Corporation has been making sure its manufacturing
processes are up to scratch in anticipation of new FDA requirements
by submitting its products for testing by public health and safety
company NSF International.
The National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) will hold its
eighth Natural Foods Day lobbying event in April to inform members
of Congress about supplement bills in the offing.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday held a public
meeting, as announced last month, giving industry and consumers the
chance to discuss the government body's premarket notification
program for new dietary ingredients...
Much to the relief of several trade associations, legislation which
would have altered the adverse event reporting system (AER) for
dietary supplements in the state of California has been defeated by
four votes in the state assembly.
With the finalization of the cGMPs (Good Manufacturing Guidelines)
for the dietary supplement industry scheduled for this winter, the
American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has decided to preempt
any problems which could arise...
The FDA yesterday announced its plans for the next six months - one
priority being to finalize the GMP (Good Manufacturing Guidelines)
for the dietary supplement industry by the winter.
A new non-profit body, set up to help regulate the dietary
supplement industry in the US, was unveiled at the National
Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) 2004 show, which closed on
Sunday in Las Vegas.
Last week's WHO guidelines on dietary supplements reinvigorated the
debate about how manufacturers can direct attention to the effects
herbal supplements may have on prescription drugs. Philippa
Nuttall spoke to Mark Blumenthal,...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was brought to task by
senators yesterday, who demanded that makers of vitamins and other
dietary supplements should have to report potential safety risks to
the FDA.
A New York senator is attempting to push through legislation
requiring new labeling on all dietary supplements sold or offered
for sale in the state, writes Philippa Nuttall.
The industry can expect sustained scrutiny of the safety of their
products, warned an FDA official at SupplySide yesterday, and while
the agency is not expecting to take an ephedra-type action in the
near future, it has numerous ingredients...
Manufacturers took a closer look at the rules governing botanical
extracts in the US, Europe and Canada at the industry's first
integrative medicine and natural healthcare exhibition this month.
Calls heard for a common set of...
Most dietary supplements do not have sufficient evidence to support
claims for weight loss, according to two UK experts, who reviewed
the evidence for a number of natural products including yerba mate,
chromium picolinate, ephedra...
A raft of new food products containing walnuts will soon bear a
qualified health claim as the US food watchdog gives the green
light on the claim for this popular heart healthy ingredient,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Dietary supplement marketers, including those behind the
controversial SeaSilver product, are to pay millions in consumer
redress in the latest wave of charges against false claims.
UK company BioProgress, which makes cellulose-based films for
coating tablets and capsules, is making an acquisition in the US
that gives it access to dissolving 'in the mouth' films for retail
consumer products, such as...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to
consumers not to purchase or consume a herbal product, being
promoted as a natural version of Ecstasy.
The Food and Drug Administration needs to define 'low-carb' and
other carbohydrate claims, according to consumer and trade groups,
so that food companies responding to the current diet craze compete
on equal ground.
Trade association the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has
hired the prestigious lobbying firm Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti
& Hawkins to help it campaign on legislation issues,
increasingly important for the industry.
The US Food and Drug Administration last week announced a ban on
the weight loss herbal ephedra, after an extended consultation
period including a court hearing.
US bioterrorism regulations come into force today requiring all
food plants to register with the Food and Drug Administration and
food importers to give the agency advance notice before shipments
arrive at ports or border crossings.
US nutritional product supplier Perrigo continues to make inroads
into the European brand vitamin market this week, acquiring the
privately-held Peter Black Pharmaceuticals for $13 million.
Moves by the FDA to introduce tougher regulations governing
nutritional labels for packaged foods are likely to be strongly
resisted by the food industry. Better education about what to eat
would be a more effective way of fighting...
Chaos is soon likely to set in with only one month to go until
tough laws on bioterrorism enter into force in the US at least 90
per cent of foreign and domestic facilities have yet to register
with the FDA.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced dates for
further meetings to provide food companies with information on
complying with the bioterrorism act.
The dietary supplement industry trade associations AHPA, CHPA, CRN,
NNFA, and UNPA have declared their support for legislation
introduced on Thursday that would require steroid hormone
precursors such as androstenedione to be listed...
A court has overturned a Food and Drug Administration rule as of
the October 17, 2003 requiring manufacturers of dietary supplements
and drug products that contain 30 milligrams or more of iron per
dosage unit to use unit-dose packaging.
The FDA has taken action against the president of five nutritional
supplement companies for the use of false disease-related claims
and mislabeling of obesity and erectile disfuction supplements.
The Food and Drug Administration has highlighted possible changes
in food labeling along with research priorities for discussion at
an upcoming review on its role in tackling obesity.
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 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to amend its
regulation on declaring botanical ingredients in dietary
supplements to incorporate by reference the latest editions of two
books.
Active ingredients supplier Graminex has received Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP) registration from public health and
safety company NSF International, preparing the way for imminent
GMP regulations from the FDA.
Most online advertising of ephedra-containing supplements fails to
meet standards set out by the Federal Trade Commission, report
scientists, with many making misleading statements about their
safety, use and efficacy.
Trade associations are urging FDA to revise its proposal for GMPs
to reduce expensive testing in areas where quality is already
controlled, and enforce stronger process controls.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will begin sorting through
industry's comments on its proposal on good manufacturing practices
for dietary supplements. Will it take into account higher than
estimated costs?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalised its rule
expanding the sources of oat beta-glucan soluble fiber that can
carry the health claim for lower risk of heart disease. But adding
the fiber to processed foods seems to...
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers
not to purchase or consume certain stamina enhancing dietary
supplements containing Cialis, a prescription drug ingredient
thought to pose possible health risks.
The Federal Trade Commission and the Food and Drug Administration
take action against two companies for making unsubstantiated
medical claims about the 'cure-all' dietary supplement Seasilver.
The Federal Trade Commission has charged the marketers of Coral
Calcium Supreme with making false and unsubstantiated claims about
the supplement's health benefits. At the same time, a
ConsumerLab.com review finds the product...
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.
Ultra Health Laboratories and Bionate International are warning
consumers not to purchase or consume a herbal product known as
Vinarol, because it contains an unlabeled prescription drug
ingredient, found in the drug Viagra.
Over-the-counter dietary supplements containing the ephedra herb do
more harm than good and should be removed from the market,
according to the American Heart Association.
FDA speakers will discuss the proposed good manufacturing practices
with dietary supplement manufacturers at an industry forum prior to
SupplySide East.
