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AHPA Rebuts Washington Post Article Based on Retracted Study
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) issued a statement regarding a Feb. 2 article published in The Washington Post titled “Can Supplements Reduce Cancer Risk?” AHPA said the author referenced an investigation targeting herbal supplements that was built on a retracted study and repeatedly asserts the dietary supplement industry is “not well regulated.” In response, ...
CRN Files Reply Brief to Federal Appeals Court on Age Restriction Lawsuit
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) filed a reply brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, calling for a preliminary injunction to halt enforcement of New York’s age restriction law on certain dietary supplements. The filing responds to the New York State Attorney General’s defense of a lower court’s refusal ...
BMC Medicine Retracts DNA Barcoding Study on Herbal Products, Industry Responds
In July 2024, BMC Medicine’s editorial office retracted a 2013 study which used DNA barcoding analysis to test 44 herbal products. “The Editor has retracted this article. An investigation by the University of Guelph has found evidence of data fabrication in relation to this article. The Editor therefore no longer has confidence in the ...
FTC Complaint Against Quincy Bioscience Dismissed
On September 29, Judge Louis Stanton of the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York dismissed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the New York Attorney General’s (NYAG) complaint against Wisconsin-based Quincy Bioscience, the makers of Prevagen. In January, the FTC and the NYAG charged the marketers of the dietary supplement Prevagen with making ...
NYAG Targets Devil’s Claw Supplements, Industry Responds
On September 9, New York Attorney General (NYAG) Eric Schneiderman sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 companies that sell devil’s claw herbal dietary supplements informing them that their products containing devil’s claw material were tested at the New York Botanical Garden using DNA technology. The results showed that the devil’s claw was a different botanical species ...
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