Silver Spring, MD—The FDA and FTC issued warning letters to two companies for selling fraudulent COVID-19 products. The companies were Honey Colony LLC and Dr. Dhole’s Sushanti Homeopathic Clinic. Honey Colony offered products including Quicksilver Liposomal Vitamin C, Jigsaw Magnesium with SRT, and Silver Excelsior Serum for sale in the...
New York, NY—The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Better Business Bureau has recommended that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. discontinue the claim “clinically proven absorption” on product labels, the vitafusion website, tradeshow materials, and during video advertisements for the vitafusion line of supplements, a press release says. The claim...
Washington, DC--As part of its modernization efforts, the FDA has a new system for accepting and storing electronic submissions for new dietary ingredient notification (NDIN) and structure/function claim notification (SFCN). The new system, called the CFSAN Online Submission Module (COSM), has replaced the the FDA Unified Registration Listing System (FURLS).
Toronto, Canada—The Allergen Control Group (ACG), owners of the Gluten-Free Certification Program, announced in a press release the formation of two food-industry stakeholder working groups to support the development and launch of the first internationally recognized and voluntary Plant-Based Certification Program (PBCP). Paul Valder, president and CEO of ACG, said...
Washington, D.C. — On October 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to four companies which sell hemp oils marketed as having cannabidiol (CBD), a non-psychoactive cannabinoid found in hemp that is considered to have a variety of health benefits. Unfortunately, these benefits are not...
Natural products industry leaders got an update on how the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) views advertising claims when Richard Cleland, assistant director of advertising practices for the Bureau of Consumer Protection for FTC addressed The Big Natural in Las Vegas, NV on June 7. The bottom line, Cleland said, is...
Washington, D.C. — Madison, WI-based Quincy Bioscience Holding Co. subsidiary, Prevagen, Inc., which is also doing business as Sugar River Supplements, has been charged by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New York State Attorney General with making false and unsubstantiated claims that Prevagen memory-improvement supplement helps to improve memory...
New York City, NY — The North American Olive Oil Association (NAOOA), which had recently filed a lawsuit against TV personality and physician Dr. Mehmet Oz, has now taken legal action against importer and bulk specialty olive oil distributor Veronica Foods, as well as seven other specialty retail stores across...
Silver Springs, MD—The U.S. Foods and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule for the use of the term “healthy” on human food products and opened the issue up for public comment for 120 days. Under section 403(r)(1)(A) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C), a food...
Washington, DC—Following the signing of a new GMO labeling bill by President Obama, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has revised its stance on negative claims of GMOs in meat, poultry and eggs. Negative claims are label claims proclaiming the absence of a substance,...
