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FDA Issues Final Rule on Food Ingredients That May Be “Generally Recognized as Safe”
In a step to strengthen its oversight of food ingredients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 12 issued a final rule detailing the criteria for concluding that the use of a substance in human or animal food is “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). Unlike food additives, GRAS substances are not subject to FDA pre-market ...
Nature’s Way Adopts Botanicals Through ABC’s Education Program
The American Botanical Council (ABC) acknowledges the support of Nature’s Way for ABC’s Adopt-an-Herb program. Nature’s Way, a supplement manufacturer and member of the Schwabe Group, has adopted five herbs on ABC HerbMedPro database: black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), umckaloabo (Pelargonium sidoides), lavender (Lavandula spp.), and ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba). Nature’s Way’s adoptions ensure ...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released revised draft guidance for new dietary ingredients (NDIs) to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Aug. 12.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 The guidance, “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues,” is subject to a 60-day comment period. ...
NPA to Meet With Congressional Task Force
Stakeholders will submit comments to the Congressional Task Force that will examine Puerto Rican AO 346 as a result of NPA’s grassroots and government relations efforts. NPA will work directly with the Task Force to provide input on the damaging effects of Administrative Order (AO) by meeting will all eight of its members in the ...
Olympians Embrace Nutritional Supplements
Sports federations and hundreds of individual athletes from around the world have embraced dietary supplements as they headed to Rio for this Summer’s Olympic games. At least 14 Olympic sports federations in the U.S. and around the world have recently signed sponsorship deals with sports nutrition companies, including USA Gymnastics and USA Track & Field, ...
GNC Honors Polyphenolics’ Shrikhande for Excellence in Innovation
General Nutrition Corporation (GNC), a global specialty health, wellness and performance retailer, recently honored Polyphenolics retired President Anil Shrikhande for his pioneering contributions to the nutrition industry. Shrikhande was presented with the Career Award for Excellence in Innovation by GNC Chief Innovation Officer Dr. Guru Ramanathan. During the presentation, Ramanathan described his admiration of Shrikhande’s ...
NPA Launches Warning Letter Database for Member Companies
The Natural Products Association (NPA), the largest trade association for the dietary supplement industry, is announcing the launch of its highly anticipated warning letter database. This database will be a free online tool for NPA members to view violations against the dietary supplement good manufacturing practices (GMPs), which are deemed as ‘technical adulterations’ by the ...
UK’s MHRA Review Shows Sports Supplement Industry Improvement
As the 2016 Summer Olympics begins, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has carried out a new review of unauthorized medicines being marketed as sports supplements, which shows a reduction of almost 50 percent, compared to a similar study carried out in 2012. The review, launched in the run up to the Rio Olympics, is ...
Sprouts Continues Partnership With Vitamin Angels
For the fourth consecutive year, Sprouts Farmers Market is partnering with the non-profit Vitamin Angels to support health and nutrition for children. Sprouts has already donated more than $540,000 to the organization, helping 2.1 million children. Sprouts, based in Arizona, aims to help connect an additional 2.4 million undernourished children with life changing and life-saving ...
CRN Appreciates Obama’s Swift Signing of Federal GMO Labeling Bill
In response to President Obama’s July 29 signing of S.764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement by Steve Mister, CRN president and CEO: “We extend thanks to President Obama for his signature of S.764. This ...
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