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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 May 23, 2012
As the Senate works to wrap up its consideration of S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, which extends the drug and device user fees for five years and authorizes new fees for generic drugs and generic versions of biot… Read More »
Published May 23, 2012
In an Initial Decision announced today, Chief Administrative Law Judge D. Michael Chappell upheld a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) complaint, andruled that POM Wonderful LLC, its sist… Read More »
Published May 22, 2012
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has submitted comments to the FDA regarding the Agency’s estimated burden associated with adverse event reporting and recordkeeping for dietary supplements as required by the Dietary Supplement and No… Read More »
Published May 21, 2012
The National Advertising Division has recommended Dreambrands, Inc., modify or discontinue a wide range of advertising claims for “Add Lib,” a dietary supplement promoted to women for improved mood, energy and sexual desire. … Read More »
An Interview with Heather Van Blarcom
By Sheldon Baker
Published May 18, 2012
Heather Van Blarcom recently joined dicentra and is a licensed attorney with more than 10 years of experience in the natural products industry. As a former general counsel, Van Blarcom brings a pragmatic and well-rounded expertise to issues impacting her clients. She has extensive experience in proactively helping companies achieve compliance with both FDA and FTC regulations including labeling and advertising review, claims review and substantiation, and GMP procedures and audits. Read More »
Published May 17, 2012
The European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM) said the list of rejected Article 13.1 claims published today alongside the permitted list in the Union Register of the European Commission is premature in light of the co… Read More »
By Rend Al-Mondhiry , Regulatory Counsel, CRN
Published May 15, 2012
In April, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), working in conjunction with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) as the SIDI Work Group, released its new draft voluntary guideline,… Read More »
Published May 7, 2012
Valensa International, Eustis, FL, has announced that its Parry Organic Spirulina ingredient has been certified under the United States Pharmacopoeia Dietary Ingredient Verification Program, and that Parry Nutraceuticals has earned the authorization… Read More »
Published May 4, 2012
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has published the 2012 USP Dietary Supplements Compendium(DSC), a new resource available to help manufacturers, suppliers, laboratories and regulatory agencies ensure the quality of ingredient… Read More »
Published May 4, 2012
Aker BioMarine, Oslo, Norway, has been accordedan unopposed grant of Australian Patent No. 2008231570 containing claims covering, among other things, a krill oil composition containing (i) astaxanthin in the range from about 400 to about 2,500 mg/kg… Read More »
The Research Process: The GRAS Process
By Douglas Kalman, PhD, MS, RD, CCRC, FACN
Published May 1, 2012
This underutilized avenue might be a reasonable solution in bringing your ingredient to market. Read More »
Published April 30, 2012
The FDA has issued warning… Read More »
Published April 25, 2012
The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has referred advertising for Serranol, a dietary supplement marketed by Good Health Naturally, Escondido, CA, to FTC for further review, after the company declin… Read More »
Published April 25, 2012
The European Commission’s work to create a nutrient profiling system to restrict claims on certain foods will once again come up for discussion in 2013 when the Commission presents its second proposal on the issue, according to food poli… Read More »
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