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Karnataka High Court Issues Interim Stay on Ashwagandha Leaf Ban

The highest judicial authority of the Indian state of Karnataka responds to April 16 ruling against the use of ashwagandha leaf in dietary supplements.

May 20, 2026

Richard Ortega, Associate Editor, WholeFoods Magazine

Following petitions arguing the ban of ashwagandha leaves or extracts that contain leaf in health supplements bypassed formal regulatory amendment procedures under existing food safety frameworks, The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay and scheduled a follow-up hearing.

Farmer displaying freshly harvested ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) roots and leaves.

Debates

India’s Ashwagandha Leaf Ban Sparks Debate Over Safety, Science, and Supply Chain

The Government of India's directive banning ashwagandha leaves is igniting debate across the nutraceutical industry, pitting traditional use, modern science, and global supply chains against each other.

May 5, 2026

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

The Government of India's restriction on ashwagandha leaves in nutritional supplements is sparking industry debate. Experts weigh safety, science, and supply chain impacts of the root-only directive.

Drops of CBD hemp in dropper close-up on blue background

Evidence-Based Wellness: CBD’s Therapeutic Promise Needs Production Standards to Match

August 17, 2025

Scott Mazza, Co-founder of Vitality CBD and Certified Headies

Regulation doesn’t need to be a bad thing in the CBD space. When designed with consumer confidence and safety as top priorities, lawmakers can collaborate with industry to weed out bad actors.

Various colored capsules and soft gels are laid out in a neat arrangement beside several opened supplement bottles.

NPA: NY Division of Consumer Protection is Spreading Misinformation on Dietary Supplements

The trade association is calling on the New York Department of State to retract or revise the misleading alert and provide accurate, science-based information regarding dietary supplements.

April 4, 2025

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

NPA is calling out misinformation that undermines consumer confidence in nutritional supplements that are already held to rigorous safety and quality standards.

a scoop of spilled creatine on a blue background.

ISSN: Creatine Supplementation is Safe, Beneficial Throughout the Lifespan, and Should Not Be Restricted

The International Society of Sports Nutrition issued a release to set the record straight on creatine.

March 1, 2025

International Society of Sports Nutrition

Despite common misconceptions, creatine has a well-supported safety profile and has been repeatedly shown to be safe, even with long-term supplementation, ISSN reports. Read on for 14 creatine facts.

Regulatory compliance with product claims.

Regulatory and Enforcement Update on Notable Action in the Cognition, Adaptogen & Nootropic Space

October 12, 2022

Maggie Jaqua, Content Director

Tune in to hear Asa Waldstein of the Supplement Advisory Group, a boutique group focusing on marketing risk analysis and practical marketing solutions for the web and social media, discuss the latest need-to-know regulatory information impacting the cognition, adaptogen, and nootropic space. This talk was recorded during the Stress & Mental Wellness:...

Bloomberg Op-Ed on Supplement Risk Conveniently Ignores Reality

May 10, 2021

Scott Steinford and Scott Steinford, Founder, Trust Transparency Consulting

A recent Op-Ed that appeared in Bloomberg Opinion suggested that FDA’s current caution and risk aversion tied to COVID-19 needed to extend immediately into dietary supplements. Not only is this piece misguided, it propagates numerous falsehoods that we, as the supplements industry, have been trying to debunk for decades. If...

Current and Former Dietary Supplement Regulators to Speak at NPA's The Big Natural

November 13, 2020

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) announced that top current and former dietary supplement regulators will be speaking at The Big Natural, taking place virtually November 30 to December 1. The current top regulator for the dietary supplement industry at the Federal Trade Commission, Richard Cleland, is scheduled to speak,...

NPA Asks to Join Dietary Supplement Working Group

December 12, 2018

WholeFoods Magazine Staff

Washington, D.C.—The Natural Products Association (NPA) has asked to join a new Dietary Supplement Working Group, according to a press release. On December 12, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., commissioner of the FDA, delivered a speech at the Food and Drug Legal Institute (FDLI) Enforcement, Litigation, and Compliance Conference. He addressed the...

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Karnataka High Court Issues Interim Stay on Ashwagandha Leaf Ban

India’s Ashwagandha Leaf Ban Sparks Debate Over Safety, Science, and Supply Chain

Evidence-Based Wellness: CBD’s Therapeutic Promise Needs Production Standards to Match

NPA: NY Division of Consumer Protection is Spreading Misinformation on Dietary Supplements

ISSN: Creatine Supplementation is Safe, Beneficial Throughout the Lifespan, and Should Not Be Restricted

Regulatory and Enforcement Update on Notable Action in the Cognition, Adaptogen & Nootropic Space

Bloomberg Op-Ed on Supplement Risk Conveniently Ignores Reality

Current and Former Dietary Supplement Regulators to Speak at NPA's The Big Natural

NPA Asks to Join Dietary Supplement Working Group

Expo West 2026 Trend Report: Innovation, Transparency & Functional Wellness

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