Regulatory

NSF International said that the newly designed app and website support its Certified for Sport testing program and help athletes and consumers avoid potentially harmful ingredients and banned substances in dietary supplements.

Omega-3s are poised for a comeback, thanks to innovation in the category and new research initiatives. 

GOED issued a statement to its members affirming several points, including that the meta-analysis, which showed that omega-3 fatty acid supplementation had no significant associations with CHD death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, any coronary heart disease events, or major vascular events, adds little to the current body of evidence surrounding omega-3s and cardiovascular risk factors.

His retirement marks the end of a 40-year-long tenure, during which he notably supported the dietary supplements industry through his regulatory and legislative efforts.

This brings the total value of CRNF grants to NAD to above $2.8 million since the self-regulatory initiative launched in 2006.

In the study, researchers used chemical analyses to demonstrate that of 44 products claiming to contain SARMs and sold online, only slightly more than half contained the ingredient and many more were inaccurately labeled.

The draft guidance is open for public comment until May 15, 2018.

At issue is FDA’s observation of an increase in reported adverse events related to biotin’s propensity to interfere with some lab tests and thereby cause clinically significant incorrect test results.

The company notes that all grades of its Pomella Extract (which include Pomella FG [food grade] and Pomella Organic, among others) have now obtained self-GRAS status.

The document outlines maximum quantities of foreign matter acceptable in selected herbal raw materials.

I recently spoke with Jane Wilson, AHPA’s director of program development, about how its standardized best practices tools can be used up and down the botanical supply chain, and about how they hopefully will help bolster quality control and transparency throughout the botanical industry.

The company said that it has completed certification of all 3,300 of its milk suppliers per the requirements of the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme, a quality and sustainability program that independently audits farm-level performance every 18 months.

The company said that it has completed certification of all 3,300 of its milk suppliers per the requirements of the Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme, a quality and sustainability program that independently audits farm-level performance every 18 months.

In a statement on the advisory, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, pointed to the “clear data on the increasing harms associated with kratom.”

In a statement on the advisory, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, pointed to the “clear data on the increasing harms associated with kratom.”

The associations, along with the U.S Anti-Doping Agency, said that they support FDA’s recent efforts to crack down on the unlawful manufacturing of body-building products containing selective androgen receptor modulators.

The “GOED Best-Practice Guidelines on Oxidation Control” were developed to help GOED members prevent and minimize the risk of oxidation that threatens omega-3 oils at multiple points along the value chain, from processing to the encounter with the consumer.

According to the company, the ingredients in the Versasweet line will help formulators lower added sugars on Nutrition Facts panels.

Making the case for dairy proteins in a plant-protein era.

In its response, the ITC stated that “Amarin’s complaint does not allege an unfair method of competition or an unfair act cognizable under 19 U.S.C. § 1337(a)(1)(A), as required by the statute and the Commission’s rules.”

These days, you can’t be in the supplement biz without being in the transparency biz. Or the traceability one.

The proposed legislation, introduced by State Representative Kay Khan earlier this year, is an updated version of a bill first introduced in 2015.

Traceability, testing, and capacity should be key considerations when vetting an ingredient supplier’s non-GMO supply chain capabilities.

I spoke to CRN’s president and CEO, Steve Mister, about the registry’s progress over the past year.

Quality assurance, compliance, risk management, and best practices were on the minds of 80 quality professionals who convened at the Capsugel Quality Summit in late August.

The Triple-T program takes a three-pronged approach to supply-chain traceability: trace, test, and trust.

In two filings submitted to the International Trade Commission, CRN argued that Amarin was “financially motivated” to expand its near monopoly over a subset of omega-3 products; if successful, CRN says, Amarin’s complaint would make it much more difficult and costly for consumers to access those products.

The company also secured self-affirmed GRAS status for its ingredient back in 2016.