Regulatory

That empty space in your chip bag or other product packages? It may serve a purpose, but that might not stop consumers from suing you.

CRN also shares plans for a six-month media outreach campaign to reach its goal of including tens of thousands of finished-product supplement labels in the registry.

The SSCI includes GNC, Walmart, Vitamin Shoppe, and Whole Foods as its founding members.

Regulatory controversy may continue to follow hemp CBD, vinpocetine, and kratom this year.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends women who may become pregnant supplement with folic acid to help prevent fetal neural tube defects.

In 2017, probiotic-industry leaders are taking steps to protect their market position by ensuring that bad actors aren’t misleading consumers with mislabeled products.

SSCI’s founding members are GNC, Walmart, Vitamin Shoppe, and Whole Foods.

Also yesterday, more 130 U.S. food and agriculture industry representatives sent a letter to President Trump specifically asking the President to protect the opportunities of NAFTA.

From the Trump administration to state attorneys general and the FDA/FTC, here are the key regulatory issues industry leaders are watching in 2017

In a letter sent to President-Elect Trump this week, NPA details top priorities for the supplement industry, including maternal and child nutrition, regulating NDIs, enforcing against kratom products, and more.

As Donald Trump is sworn in as President of the United States next week, Nutritional Outlook asks industry experts how his presidency could change the face of dietary-supplement contract manufacturing.

The supplement product’s extensive marketing campaign for memory benefits is based on “false and unsubstantiated claims,” according to the FTC.

The new guidelines propose a multitude of best practices for the labeling, storing, and stability testing of dietary supplements and functional foods that include probiotics.

“It is critical for us to be proactive immediately in the new year rather than reactive,” says NPA's Dan Fabricant.

According to Kemin, ZeaOne is the first dietary (3R,3’R) zeaxanthin ingredient derived from marigold flowers with an FDA-acknowledged GRAS notification.

Foods and beverages, including bakery, nutrition bar, and cereal and pasta products, can now use the claim.

In a letter to FDA last week, 32 members of Congress asked the agency to find some other name for non-dairy milks.

Eric Steenstra, executive director of the Hemp Industries Association, says the news that the DEA is creating a new drug code for marijuana extracts has “been blown completely out of proportion.”

The DEA clarified last week that hemp CBD does indeed fall into Schedule I drug classification of the Controlled Substances Act.

OmniActive’s capsicum and Salacia extracts have both received self-affirmed Generally Recognized as Safe status by an expert panel.

Many of the public comments sent to FDA this week include specific examples of processes that may or may not result in chemical alteration.

In comments responding to FDA’s revised NDI draft guidance, industry trade associations challenge the agency’s stance on nature-identical botanical ingredients.

The comment period closed yesterday for the public to submit comments on FDA’s revised NDI draft guidance. Here are some of the biggest objections from the supplement industry.

GNC was in the hot seat with justice officials after it sold products by USPLabs, a supplement manufacturer indicted in a federal sweep last year for illegally selling misbranded products as dietary supplements.

The move is meant to improve transparency, but it may also increase the potential for public misinterpretation of adverse event data.

The trade association is stepping up with a new tool to reset the conversation on industry transparency.

The snacks brand led the way on several key regulatory fronts this year, including successfully petitioning FDA to reevaluate its definition of the term "healthy." 

With more than 60 freshmen members of Congress on the way to Capitol Hill following the 2016 elections, CRN plots its legislative priorities for the 115th Congress.