Regulatory

Two identical bills have been introduced to the New York State Assembly (A05610-B) and Senate (S05823B) are an updated version of previous bills (S-16/A431) vetoed by Governor Kathy Hochul in January of 2023.

Steve Mister, president and CEO of CRN sits down with Nutritional Outlook at SupplySide East to discuss the recent Ipsos survey the group commissioned with CHPA, as well as other regulatory updates.

CITES is an international agreement between governments to ensure that international trade involving wild animals and plants is conducted in a way that does not threaten the survival of animal and plant species.

HP Ingredients has announced an independent conclusion of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) for its Bergamonte bergamot extract.

According to Nutrasource, this is the first time that a supplement manufactured in South Korea will bear the IFOS label without having to import ingredients or be manufactured outside the country.

NOW is asking Amazon to recall the products, which fraudulently claim to be from NOW itself as well as from another unnamed leading supplement brand.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Substantiation of Product Claims to hundreds of brands, putting them on notice about the civil penalties that could result from making unsubstantiated claims on its products.

The ingredient has already garnered regulatory nods ranging from self-substantiated claims under Food Standards Australia New Zealand, approval from the Food & Drug Administration Philippines, and structure-function claims in the U.S.

Celebs and influencers can bring in sales, but working with them may pose regulatory risks.

Here’s how to stay in the safe zone.

CV Sciences Inc. (San Diego, CA) has received a formal Certificate of Grant from the Japanese Patent Office (JPO) for its patent application 7216697.

A Colorado Senate Bill (SB 23-176) titled “Protections For People With An Eating Disorder” has been amended to remove restrictions to the sale of dietary supplements marketed for weight management.

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has signed House Bill 544 into law to regulate the sale of delta-8 THC products.

Anderson Advanced Ingredients announced that it has received a “letter of no objection” from FDA in response to its GRAS (generally recognized as safe) notification for a resistant dextrin made from tapioca.

Now continues its industry self-policing program with the testing of bromelain products sold on Amazon by unfamiliar brands.

If passed, the law would prohibit the sale of delta-8 THC or any other hemp-derived substance with an intoxicating effects on consumers to those under the age of 21, while also setting standards for the production and sale of said products.

The two pieces of legislation are called the "Hemp and Hemp-Derived CBD Consumer Protection and Market Stabilization Act of 2023," and the "CBD Product Safety and Standardization Act of 2023."

How testing and certification give sports-nutrition brands an edge.

The patent was issued on February 28, 2023 by the U.S. Patent Office, and protects the composition and dosage of safranol in the encapsulated saffron extract.

The petition asks FDA to reverse its decision that NMN is not a dietary ingredient, and to exercise enforcement discrection.

Newly introduced legislation in Idaho (House Bill 82) ensures that dietary supplements that are in compliance with federal law and regulations as of July 1, 2022, shall be legal in the state in spite of any amendment, repeal or addition made to federal law or regulation of dietary supplements federally.

Following the merger of ESHA Research and FoodLogiQ in October 2022, the combined organization has rebranded under the name Trustwell.

Extraction solvent made entirely from plant-based carbon, methyloxolane, sold under the brand name EcoXtract, has been added to the list of permitted processing aids for the manufacture of food ingredients by the European Parliament.

The president of Nuherbs has released a statement about the listing of all Rhodiola species in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) appendix II.

Amazon is banning the sale of beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) products, according to a letter from Amazon’s Restricted Products Team furnished by the Natural Products Association.

FDA issued a “no questions letter” responding to DSM’s GRAS notification, while Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration included 3-FL in the latest update to its list of permissible ingredients.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has charged The Bountiful Company, maker of Nature’s Bounty dietary supplements, with “review hijacking.”

THC acetate ester (THCO) is considered a controlled substance by the DEA but delta-8 THC derived from hemp is not considered a controlled substance.