While the agency has not specifically confirmed it, dietary supplements were not mentioned in a list of manufacturers required to enhance traceability measures.
The third-party testing organization will also expand its dietary supplement GMP program to include manufacturers of cosmetics, personal care, and over-the-counter products.
Novel dietary ingredients often eschew a required approval process, and execs say this breeds adulteration, low-quality knockoffs, and possible health risks.
The trade group requested particularly that FDA begin issuing import alerts for supplements and expand participation in the group’s quality assurance program.
The company’s kits will be used to determine genetic expressions as they relate to gut microbiome, cellular health, biological age, stress response, and more.
The company tested a material claiming naturally high but not feasible levels of vitamin C from amla as a fermentation source, and found it was not naturally-derived from the amla itself.