Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced vinpocetine did not meet the definition of a dietary ingredient and would be excluded from the definition of a dietary supplement in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. According to the FDA, vinpocetine is synthetically produced...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on August 24th that extends and clarifies the compliance dates for certain provisions in four of the seven foundational rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The changes, which will include “providing more time for manufacturers to meet...
Dallas, TX-On Wednesday, The American Heart Association (AHA) announced a new recommendation, published in the journal Circulation, in which children aged 2-18 should eat or drink less than six teaspoons of added sugars daily, which is equivalent to about 100 calories or 25 g of sugar. The new recommendation, which...
Washington, D.C.—On Thursday, the Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted a request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for an extension of the comment period on the newly revised guidance re-draft for New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Notifications. The draft guidance, which was released on August 11, currently has a...
New Port Richey, FL—Seventy-five retail stores participated in the Southeast NPA (SENPA)’s education tour this summer. On their multi-city tour, SENPA board members and event sponsors visited stores in or near Atlanta, GA; Columbia, SC; and Asheville, NC. Then, SENPA organized daylong educational seminars in each city. Participants were treated...
Jeff Chilton, president of Nammex Organic Mushroom Extracts, Gibsons, BC, Canada, gave a presentation about beta-glucan research at the International Society of Mushroom Science conference in Amsterdam. NattoPharma ASA, headquartered in Oslo, Norway, announced that Gunilla Traberg joined the company as director of Nordic accounts and EU marketing. In addition,...
Pacific Pioneer Brokerage of Cypress, CA, now represents UP4 Probiotics. Bloomingdale, IL-based NOW Foods will donate more than $100,000 in funding and vitamin D supplements to support Protect Our Children NOW! This two-year project aims to improve health outcomes with prenatal vitamins. The hope is to expand from the Western...
New York, NY—On June 27-28, the American Conference Institute (ACI) in collaboration with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) hosted the fourth annual “Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on Dietary Supplements.” The forum, which addressed new class action threats, enforcement activities by the state and federal government, state GMO laws, Prop...
FDA Releases Draft Guidance for NDI Notification The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a long-awaited revised draft guidance on Aug. 11 seeking to clarify new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications for industry. Under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, manufacturers and distributors must notify FDA at...
Washington, D.C.–Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ph.D., a presidential historian, public speaker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, will headline the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), “Breakfast with…” session at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry. The Conference, an educational and networking event, will be held at the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna...
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