Regulatory

Beauty antioxidants are in demand for supplements, food, and beverages.

Are EU nutrient profiles back on the agenda, under the Nutrition and Health Claims Regulation?

Probiotics are a controversial point in FDA's NDI Draft Guidance

Dietary supplement companies have seen an increasing number of piggyback class action lawsuits.

One of the reports, on structure-function claims, reports finding dubious claims on numerous products.

CFSAN director says FDA and industry associations will meet on October 16 to discuss revising NDI draft guidance.

Certification verifies that the company complies with FDA-recommended GMPs when producing dietary and sports supplements.

CRN’s new database is free, searchable, and contains records of the decisions of National Advertising Division cases dating back to 2007.

This number allows the product to be legally sold in Canada while its submitted license application awaits review by Health Canada.

Health minister Renato Balduzzi is mulling a tax of 3 Euro cents per bottle on unhealthy beverages.

Thanks to product licensing, NEM Natural Eggshell Membrane ingredient can now be sold in Canada.

EAS will share insight on the topic at a workshop in Brussels.

Reuters reported that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has asked for documents related to the companies’ products and marketing.

The GRAS affirmation recommends a safe usage level of 0.2% to 1.25%.

EAS says the advisory sessions will cover such issues as product formulation, health claims, new foods or food supplement ingredients, labeling requirements, and procedures for entering different markets.

Workshops will take place in Arlington, Virginia and Geneva, Switzerland.

GOED Reports Back from Meeting with IOM and FDA.

Certification indicates the facility’s manufacturing practices adhere to IASC standards.

The guidance outlines how to approach substantiating health claims for a wide number of claimed effects on the brain and physical performance.

The ban is a response to a 2011 petition from the American Chemistry Council.

The company said this new certification allows it to formulate a wider range of products for customers.

In a published journal study in June, Zychrome was shown to be twice as effective as chromium picolinate in improving insulin function,

The kosher certification was granted by KOF-K.

CRN's Mister Responds to Senators Durbin and Blumenthal: Compliance Requires Both a “Carrot and a Stick”

CSPI was threatening with a lawsuit.

The agency established an exposure limit of 0.15 mg/kg of formula.

The ingredient is isolated from baker’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

The director of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition will address critical regulatory topics, including NDIs, GMPs, and AERs.