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LaCroix Disputes “Cockroach” Claims
According to BevNet, Florida-based National Beverage Corporation, makers of LaCroix, is fighting back against a class action lawsuit alleging that that the company uses synthetic ingredients in its sparkling water products, including one found in cockroach insecticide. The suit, filed by attorneys from Beaumont Costales in Cook County, IL on behalf of lead plaintiff Lenora Rice and ...
Senator Hatch Announces Retirement
On January 2, the longest-serving Senate Republican, Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah announced that he would not seek re-election for an eighth term. Sen. Hatch, who formed and led the Dietary Supplement Caucus in the Senate, co-authored the landmark legislation that established a rational framework for regulating dietary supplements, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education ...
NPA Responds to Findings of Study on Cancer Risk Among Smokers Taking Vitamin B Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has rejected a study by researchers blaming vitamin B use by male smokers for an increased risk of cancer. Dan Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of NPA pointed to environmental factors and tobacco use as the more likely cause for increased cancer risk. Fabricant is a former head of the ...
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On January 4, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued two draft guidance documents related to the final rules on Nutrition Facts labeling and Serving Sizes to help industry comply with those rules. The first draft guidance answers questions related to compliance, labeling of added sugars, rounding as it relates to the declaration of ...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 ...
New Alliance to Develop Consensus-Based Product Standards
Ann Arbor, Michigan-based NSF International, a global independent public health organization that writes standards and tests and certifies products for the commercial and consumer goods, health sciences, food and water industries, created the Global Retailer and Manufacturer Alliance (GRMA) earlier this year to develop consensus-based standards for dietary supplements, cosmetics/personal care products, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs ...
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