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EPA Approves Use of Pesticide Products on Hemp
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two actions that it says will help the agricultural sector protect crops from pests and weeds. Under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is approving the use of 10 pesticide products on hemp in time for the 2020 growing season. Nine of these products are biopesticides […]
FDA Requests Consumer Feedback on Use of Plant-based Substitutes
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently published a statement from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD requesting feedback on “how consumers use plant-based alternatives and how they understand terms like ‘milk’ or ‘cheese’ when used to label products made.” A portion of Gottlieb’s statement read: “ … Many dairy products, such as milk, yogurt […]
FDA Issues Guidance on Nutrition Facts and Serving Size Labeling
On January 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two draft guidance documents related to the final rules on Nutrition Facts labeling and Serving Sizes to help industry comply with those rules. The first draft guidance answers questions related to compliance, labeling of added sugars, rounding as it relates to the declaration of […]
NPA Supports Lawful Marketing of Vinpocetine
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s recent actions to ban vinpocetine. FDA is collecting public comments following a Federal Register notice that would effectively ban vinpocetine, a widely used product found in safe and legal dietary supplements. The FDA’s decision […]
FDA Releases Revised Draft of NDI Guidance; AHPA Convenes Working Group for Comments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released revised draft guidance for new dietary ingredients (NDIs) to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Aug. 12. The revised draft replaces FDA’s 2011 draft. The guidance, “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues,” is subject to a 60-day comment period. […]
Industry Urges FDA to Define “Natural”
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encouraging the agency to establish, through rulemaking, a regulatory definition for the term “natural” (and possibly other terms, such as “100% natural” and “made with natural [named ingredient(s)]”) for the labeling of human food products, and other products regulated by […]
FDA Updates Dietary Supplement Labeling Guidelines
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has corrected its Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide after AHPA (American Herbal Products Association) notified the agency of inaccurate information posted online. AHPA notified FDA in September 2015 that its guidance for industry titled “A Dietary Supplement Labeling Guide,” included one detail that contradicted current law and FDA regulations. Specifically, the answer to the […]
AHPA Provides Suggestion to Mandatory Product Registration
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Board of Trustees adopted a motion on November 3 to oppose the establishment of a mandatory requirement for dietary supplements to be registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a stand-alone approach to improving informed consumer access to a wide variety of safe dietary supplement products. AHPA […]
FDA Announced Final Rule on Preventive Controls for Human Food
The Natural Products Association (NPA) attended an FDA briefing on September 10, 2015 for industry stakeholders discussing the FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food (Final Rule) under the Food Safety and Modernization Act (FSMA). The FDA hasn’t set a date(s) yet on when the rules will […]
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