Gmp

The rule of 3: Amazon prioritizes 3 categories and 3 labs with new dietary supplement policy

17-Apr-2024 By Stephen Daniells

Tech giant Amazon is prioritizing three categories of dietary supplements—weight management, sexual enhancement and sports nutrition/bodybuilding—with its updated sellers policy.

Flora Research Laboratories moves quickly against counterfeit analytical reports

05-Jan-2023 By Stephen Daniells

Flora Research Laboratories, LLC, is warning stakeholders in botanicals and dietary supplements to be aware of counterfeit analytical reports circulating on the internet.

Year end review IPA 2022

Guest Article: The Year of Transition; securing the winds of change responsibly.

19-Dec-2022 By George Paraskevakos, MBA, IPA Executive Director

As an observer of the dietary supplement industry for close to 20 years, it always felt we are shifting to accommodate “Winds of Change". There are always new concepts and ingredients which capture our attention even if it is for a small moment in...

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FDA’s Cara Welch on RRAs & third-party audits: 'We’re staring at a backlog of inspections'

27-Jun-2022 By Stephen Daniells

The head of the FDA’s Office of Dietary Supplement Programs suspects that remote regulatory assessments (RRAs) will continue even as regular facility inspections resume post-COVID, as the agency seeks to get a good picture of the compliance status of...

Wegmans announces “Verified with Confidence” program for supplements

13-Apr-2022 By Stephen Daniells

NSF will administer the new program announced by grocery chain Wegmans, which will cover all supplements, herbals, probiotics, and CBD products sold at its 106 stores.

Amazon dietary supplement specs: ‘They make contracts start to matter,’ says lawyer

11-Mar-2021 By Stephen Daniells

The new specifications for dietary supplements from Amazon are focusing attention much more on the contracts between brands and manufacturers, industry lawyers and experts tell NutraIngredients-USA.

‘Changes in Retail’ panel dishes on increased certification programs

01-Feb-2021 By Danielle Masterson

The first installment of the Sports & Active Nutrition Summit 2021, ‘Changes in Retail’, confronted several topics the industry is facing as it navigates so many of the unknowns.

AHPA event aims to guide CBD industry

25-Aug-2020 By Danielle Masterson

Products containing cannabidiol (CBD) represent a rapidly growing yet uncertain market segment, with those in the industry often finding themselves with more questions than answers.

New quality advocacy group brings medical, pharmaceutical groups to table with supplement industry stakeholders

27-May-2020 By Hank Schultz

A new stakeholder group has come together to push for quality and transparency in the dietary supplement industry. Called the Dietary Supplement Quality Collaborative (DSQC), the group published a policy paper recently as part of its public debut.

Lief Labs launches GMP starter kit initiative

07-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

The GMP Starter Kit aims to help guide brands through current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) regulations and FDA compliance for nutritional and dietary supplement brands.

NutraCast Podcast: Mark LeDoux on industry opportunities, setbacks & FDA shortcomings

01-May-2020 By Danielle Masterson

On this episode, we talked with Mark LeDoux, founder, CEO and board chairman of Natural Alternatives International as well as the chairman of the Board of the Natural Products Association.

Dispatches from Expo West

CRN: GMP blind spots remain

12-Mar-2009 By Shane Starling

The staggered implementation of America’s controversial GMP rules is underway and due for completion in June, 2010. For the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s VP of regulatory and scientific affairs, Andrew Shao, PhD, the bill may be progressing but...