Los Angeles, CA—California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill explicitly legalizing and regulating cannabidiol (CBD). A Politico article explains that all involved—hemp, cannabis, and dietary supplement industry members—have agreed on a proposal, now known as CA AB 45 (21R), which would allow CBD and other parts of the hemp...
Silver Spring, MD—Cara Welch, Ph.D., has stepped down as Acting Director of the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs (ODSP), and Greg Noonan, Ph.D., has taken the post. The Council of Responsible Nutrition (CRN) wrote in the association’s Daily Supplement that this isn’t a comment on Dr. Welch’s performance, but a...
Silver Spring, MD—FDA has released a consumer update listing five things the agency wants consumers to know about Delta-8 THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), a psychoactive substance found in both marijuana and hemp. The five things on FDA's list include: Delta-8 THC products have not been evaluated or approved by FDA for safe...
Washington, D.C.—The FDA and FTC have posted warning letters to 10 companies for illegally selling dietary supplements claiming to cure, treat, mitigate, or prevent diabetes. "More than 34 million Americans— just over 1 in 10 people— are living with diabetes. Dietary supplements that make fraudulent claims to treat diabetes are...
Washington, D.C.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to address the risk of chlorpyrifos, a pesticide in use since 1965, in an effort to better protect human health, particularly for children and farmworkers. EPA reported that chlorpyrifos, organophosphate insecticide, leads to neurotoxicity and has been associated with potential...
Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has filed a Citizen’s Petition with the Food and Drug Administration, requesting that N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) not be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement. As WholeFoods previously reported, despite decades on the marker as a dietary supplement, in July 2020, FDA issued multiple...
Washington, D.C.—FDA has rejected two new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for full-spectrum hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD), one from Charlotte’s Web and one from Irwin Naturals. The Charlotte’s Web product contained 19.5mg CBD/day and the Irwin Naturals product contained approximately 65mg CBD/day. FDA’s reasoning: CBD is an approved drug, and...
Philadelphia, PA--There are new safety policies for Expo East 2021, according to a press release from Informa Markets’ New Hope Network. Since February, the press release adds, Informa Markets has hosted numerous trade shows within the U.S. and around the world. The new measures: Informa is implementing a mask mandate,...
The Specialty Food Association’s Fancy Food Show 2021—the in-person component of the show—has been canceled, according to a statement. Fancy Food 24/7, the digital component of the show, will run as planned from September 27-October 8. The decision was made due to increasing concerns about the Delta variant. “The Specialty...
Portland, ME—Diversified Communications, producer of the Integrative Healthcare Symposium (IHS), announced that the 2021 conference, scheduled to take place on September 18-20, 2021, has been canceled due to the ongoing pandemic. The decision was made after the New York Hilton Midtown temporarily suspended operations and could not guarantee it would be...
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