NPA Certifies Natrol

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission have jointly issued warning letters to five companies for selling copycat food products containing delta-8 THC in violation of the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.

According to the company, this marks the first expanded use of shea stearin in new food categories since 1998.

FDA has agreed that four ingredients in Arla Foods’ Peptigen and Lacprodan ranges meet the definition for peptones in the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, therefore permitting it for use in early life nutrition.

TamaFlex has been registered as a Health Functional Food Ingredient (HFFI) by South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS).

A 2013 study published in BMC Medicine titled “DNA barcoding detects contamination and substitution in North American herbal products,” has been retracted by the publication’s editor.

Bioiberica (Barcelona, Spain) has announced self-determination of GRAS (generally recognized as safe) for its Collavant n2 native (undenatured) type II collagen at 40 mg/day.