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US Marshals Seize Dietary Supplements Containing Kratom
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that U.S. Marshals, at the agency’s request, seized nearly 90,000 bottles of dietary supplements labeled as containing kratom. The product, manufactured for and held by Dordoniz Natural Products LLC, located in South Beloit, IL, is marketed under the brand name RelaKzpro and worth more than $400,000. “We ...
Garden of Life Raw Meal Recall
Garden of Life LLC is voluntarily withdrawing a limited quantity of its Raw Meal Organic Shake & Meal Chocolate, Original, Vanilla and Vanilla Chai because they have the potential to contain Salmonella Virchow. Even though Garden of Life routinely performs pathogen testing on every finished good lot to ensure safety and no product has ever tested positive ...
FDA: GM Salmon Banned While Labeling Requirements Discussed
The sale of genetically modified (GM) salmon was approved for human consumption by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late last year. However, imports of the fish have been banned momentarily until FDA can determine labeling guidelines. Language in an extensive federal spending bill passed by Congress incited the FDA to enact the ban, ...
Campbell Soup Disclosing Presence of GMOs in its Products
Campbell Soup Company announced its support for the enactment of federal legislation to establish a single mandatory labeling standard for foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to the company’s press release, Campbell believes it is necessary for the federal government to provide a national standard for labeling requirements to better inform consumers about ...
NPA Comments on EPA’s Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals
The Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted comments regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) – “Management Standards for Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals.” In its comments, NPA requested EPA to reevaluate the inclusion of dietary supplements under the definition of pharmaceuticals in its hazardous waste proposed rule. NPA ...
NPA Submits Comments on Voluntary GE Labeling
The Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted comments regarding the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Draft Guidance for Industry on Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived From Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants. The FDA’s position on the labeling of genetically engineered foods is unchanged from its initial 1992 policy statement. While NPA ...
Supplements are Elevated to “Office” Status Within FDA
The five trade associations representing the dietary supplement industry welcomed the elevation of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs (DDSP) to an “Office” status within the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) on December 21, 2015. The groups—the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association ...
KIND wants FDA to define “Healthy”
KIND, the granola bar maker, filed a petition December 1, asking that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) redefine “healthy” to meet current scientific and medical standards. In April, KIND received a letter from the FDA regarding their labeling claims, ordering the company to stop claiming its fruit and nut bars were “healthy.” The products in ...
CRN Supports FDA Against Consumer Access to Powdered Caffeine
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to five distributors of pure powdered caffeine because the products are dangerous and present “significant or unreasonable risk of illness or injury to consumers,” the FDA said. The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement supporting the FDA and its decision. “We have been, ...
25th Anniversary of Voluntary Registration Program for Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced on November 30 a landmark milestone for its TruLabel registration program for dietary supplements. TruLabel is the first and longest-tenured, voluntary, self-regulatory program in the dietary supplement industry. TruLabel was adopted by NPA (formerly NNFA) in 1990 as a registration and random-testing program for suppliers of dietary supplements. NPA ...
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