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NuLiv Science received Novel Food status approval from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) for its flagship ingredient, AstraGin. 

EFSA grants NuLiv Science’s AstraGin Novel Food status

PLT Health Solutions Inc. has received a license from the Natural and Non-Prescription Health Products Directorate (NNHPD) of Health Canada to market its ingredient AlvioLife to support respiratory health in Canada. 

PLT Health received license from Health Canada to market respiratory support ingredient

What does the state of botanical adulteration look like these days, given the supply-chain upheaval brought about by COVID-19 and the general ongoing propensity for bad actors to adulterate?

Herbal ingredient adulteration in 2020

Congressmen Morgan Griffith (R-VA) and Kurt Schrader (D-OR) introduced new legislation, called “The Hemp and Hemp derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2020.” 

Bipartisan legislation introduced to make hemp-derived CBD lawful as dietary supplement 

The Council for Responsible Nutrition-International published two conference reports: “From Lifespan to Healthspan: The Role of Nutrition in Healthy Ageing” in the Journal of Nutritional Science and “Measuring Health Promotion: Translating Science into Policy” in the European Journal of Nutrition. 

CRN-International publishes two conference reports on nutrition and health policy 

CBD’s growth in food and beverages is undeniable as more states move to make CBD a legal food and drink ingredient. Will this change FDA’s mind about CBD foods’ legality? Attorney Ashish Talati provided an updated look at CBD food’s regulatory status.

FDA doesn’t allow CBD in food and drinks, but many states do. Will FDA change its mind?

The American Herbal Product Association joined 16 other trade associations as part of the Food and Beverage Issue Alliance (FBIA) requesting more time for small businesses to understand and comply with the new nutrition-labeling regulations that were issued and finalized on May 27, 2016. 

AHPA joins call for FDA to extend enforcement on food-labeling rules for small firms

Christian Sood, PhD, is president of MCS Associates (Mississauga, ON, Canada; 

). MCS Associates is a leading Canadian full-service regulatory affairs, quality control, and quality assurance consultancy supporting, small, medium, and multinational regulated health product brands. The company is an affiliate of the Reena Group, which offers an allied services model for regulatory services, analytical testing, and Natural Health Product contract manufacturing.

For U.S. dietary supplement firms, selling supplements into Canada isn’t as simple as it might seem.

Thinking about exporting dietary supplements to Canada? Here is what you need to know.

FDA and the FTC have issued SilveryGuy a warning letter, after reviewed the SilveryGuy website and Facebook page in August 2020, and finding claims that imply the product can mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure COVID-19.

FDA, FTC send SilveryGuy a warning letter for COVID claims as part of Amazon Associates program

Both the American Botanical Council and the American Herbal Products Association strongly discourage sales or marketing of dietary supplements that contain any part of the oleander plant.

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