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Published May 25, 2012
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly against an amendment (SA 2127) sponsored by Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., to the pending Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Safety and Innovation Act (S. 3187), by a vote of 77 to 20. The amendment, if passed, woul… Read More »
Published April 25, 2012
A meta-analysis published online April 9 by the Archives of Internal Medicine has been panned as “limited” and “inaccurate” by industry trade associations. The study, titled “Efficacy of Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplem… Read More »
An Interview with Dick Griffin
By Sheldon Baker
Published April 20, 2012
Richard M. (Dick) Griffin, formed Grifcon Enterprises, Inc. in 2000. A commercial lines insurance broker with over 46 years of experience specializing in products liability insurance, Griffin formed the national Products Liability Insurance Program for the U.S. dietary supplement and natural products industry in 1996. His website is www.GrifconEnterprises.com. Read More »
Published April 11, 2012
The dietary supplement industry has continued to discount the omega-3 meta-analysis, published online by the Archives of Internal Medicine earlier this week. Adding to comments from the Council for Responsible Nutrition and the Natural Products Association, the Salt Lake City, UT-based Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) issued its own take-aways. Read More »
Published April 10, 2012
A meta-analysis published online late yesterday by the Archives of Internal Medicine has been panned as “limited” and “inaccurate” by… Read More »
Published April 2, 2012
Trade associations support efforts to crack down on bad actors without impacting responsible companies. Read More »
Dietary Supplements: Onward...and Upward?
By Lisa Schofield, Contributing Writer
Published April 1, 2012
In order to maintain a strong sales performance, the industry must adapt to consumer demands while grappling with increasingly strict government oversight. Read More »
Published March 19, 2012
A recent Dateline NBC segment concerning dietary supplements focused on the practice of fraudulent analytical testing practices known as "dry labbing," in which lab results pertaining to the potency and identity of ingredients as labeled are suspected of having been deliberately manipulated or fabricated. Read More »
Nutrition’s New Alphabet
By Alan Richman, Contributing Writer
Published January 2, 2012
There’s more than A, B, C to watch—and watch out for—in the vitamin category. Read More »
Published January 2, 2012
Associations request revisions, a more reasonable guidance. Read More »
NDI Notification Guidance: Proceeding (With Caution)
By Joanna Cosgrove, Online Editor
Published January 2, 2012
The upside: FDA has begun the process of vetting the comments filed in response to its NDI Notification Guidance draft. The downside: there is no timeline for completion. Read More »
St. John’s Wort in the Crosshairs
By Joanna Cosgrove, Online Editor
Published December 8, 2011
CSPI calls for warning labels on popular supplement used for antidepression. Read More »
Published December 7, 2011
The Food and Drug Law Institute is publishing “Dietary Supplement Regulation: A Comprehensive Guide,” which will serve as a valuable resource to dietary supplement stakeholders. Edited by Scott Bass, a partner at Sidley Austin in Washingt… Read More »
Published December 2, 2011
The nonprofit organization American Botanical Council (ABC) has filed public comments with FDA in response to publication of its Draft Guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs) in July 2011. Read More »
A United Front Against Adulteration
By Joanna Cosgrove, Online Editor
Published December 1, 2011
Industry organizations team up with the shared goal of squashing adulterated supplements. Read More »
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