Regulatory

Due to a high level of industry response to the issue, the NOP has postponed further discussion until its meeting this fall.

Bayer HealthCare LLC is facing a class-action lawsuit filed in April in California alleging that the company’s Phillips Probiotics Colon Health dietary supplement makes unsupported claims for digestive and immune health.

According to the agencies, products claimed to treat a range of STDs, including herpes, Chlamydia, genital warts, HIV, and AIDS.

Beneo’s plant in Pemuco, Chile, has been awarded its first International Food Standard (IFS) certification, with an impressive score of 99.36%.

The company’s fermentation process for producing the natural resveratrol is patented.

Winners and losers in the newest batch of EFSA health claims.

According to the FTC, Daniel Chapter One and Feijo deceptively advertised that four dietary supplements inhibit tumor formation or growth, eliminate tumors, treat or cure cancer, or heal the effects of radiation or chemotherapy.

USDA has announced that 60 products are now qualified to use the USDA BioPreferred product label, which indicates that a product’s packaging has been made entirely or mostly of biobased materials.

Calorie listing will be required of restaurants and vending machines with 20 or more locations.

No Small Thing: the benefits of nanotechnology are great-but so are the risks.

If you manufacture a product with phytosterols, beware. A series of recent regulatory developments is giving the health claim a face lift.

FDA noticeably increased its enforcement of food and dietary supplement labeling violations last year.

In case you haven’t noticed, there are a few more players in the certification business for natural and organic beauty products.

The future of GRAS processes and procedures.

Dietary Supplements and China: Supply-Chain Woes. Who's to Blame?

Testing dietary supplements for quality, safety, and efficacy.

A newly proposed Food Chemicals Codex standard aims to help companies verify whether their ingredients are natural.

Its new manufacturing facility, opened last July, has been certified by NSF International for compliance with cGMPs.

The association has certified a milestone 600 natural products and ingredients for both personal care and home care.

Global markets have become increasingly “divided” by certification type, says Organic Monitor.

A newly published Food and Drug Law Institute monograph is designed to advise on developing and substantiating health claims for dietary supplements and foods.

USDA and FDA will lose $235 million in related funding.

The Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus will remain a voice for dietary supplements on Capitol Hill.

The company has earned SWF 2000 Code Level III certification from NSF International.

The program certifies that a supplier’s food safety and quality-management systems comply with international and domestic food-safety regulations.

Manufacturers of phytosterol products now have 12 months to reformulate products and labels for heart health claims.

Algatechnologies announced that its natural AstaPure brand has received GRAS status from FDA for use in food and beverages.

Following an announcement by NSF International (Ann Arbor, MI) and NaTrue (Brussels, Belgium) that the companies plan to develop a new certification program for natural personal care products, the Natural Products Association has spoken out against the initiative.