dietary supplements
MPL for Dietary Supplements Omitted From Omnibus Spending Bill
The Omnibus Spending Bill was released on December 20 without including the controversial Mandatory Product Listing (MPL) of dietary supplements. Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), stated, “This is a big win for consumers, for innovation, and for access to the healthy products that millions of Americans rely on ...
FTC Revises Business Guidance for Marketers and Sellers of Health Products
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection has announced the issuance of Health Products Compliance Guidance, the agency’s first revision of its business guidance in this area in nearly 25 years. The revised business guide represents a substantial update to the staff’s 1998 guide, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide For Industry. Since that guide was issued, ...
U.S. Herbal Supplement Sales Increased by 9.7 Percent in 2021
Annual sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States totaled $12.350 billion in 2021, according to the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) 2021 Herb Market Report. This represents the highest recorded annual spending on these products in the United States and a 9.7 percent increase from the previous year—the second-highest annual sales growth for herbal supplements since ...
CRN Refutes NPA’s Comments on its Support of Dietary Supplement Listing Act
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement saying that it has responded to “false information being propagated on social media and other platforms by the Natural Products Association (NPA) regarding effects of the bi-partisan Dietary Supplement Listing Act, as well as the nature of CRN’s support for the proposal and Sen. Richard Durbin’s ...
NOW Tests More Amazon.com Products
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) has continued its testing of supplements from lesser-known brands purchased on Amazon, with this round on the popular mineral magnesium glycinate. Once again, the results showed misleading and inaccurate labeling and many of the products did not contain the claimed material, material form, or amounts, according to NOW. NOW discovered that almost ...
CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars Winners Benefit From Access to Nutrition Science Symposium
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has again partnered with the American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) to support educational opportunities for the next generation of nutrition scientists and practitioners. The CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars (CAPS) Award was launched last year, providing selected student members of ASN access to CRN’s signature symposium, Science in Session. ...
IADSA Says Micronutrient Deficiency Is a “Wake-up Call”
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has developed a new Mind the Gap resource highlighting the findings of a scientific review exposing the true extent of global malnutrition. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that more than half of preschool-age children and over two thirds of non-pregnant women of reproductive age worldwide have ...
MegaFood Introduces New Label Design for Key Product Lines
MegaFood has announced the rollout of new labels for several key product lines. The new, modernized label design began rolling out with best-sellers like Blood Builder Iron, Baby & Me 2 Prenatal supplements and MegaFood Multivitamins in November, with additional products scheduled to hit shelves. The new design keeps familiar MegaFood visual elements—such as its ...
NPA Challenges Proposed Restrictions to Nutritional Supplement Access in NJ
On Nov. 14, the Natural Products Association (NPA) called a New Jersey proposal to restrict access to dietary supplements a slap in the face to public health and consumer choice in public testimony against a proposal being considered in the state legislature. A similar proposal in California was recently vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The ...
CRN Responds to FDA Letter Announcing β-NMN Is Not A Dietary Supplement
On Nov. 11, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) announcement that beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide (β-NMN) is not a legal dietary ingredient. CRN President and CEO Steve Mister issued comments expressing his dismay about the ruling. “CRN is alarmed that, once again, FDA changed its position on whether an ...
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