The FDA claims US Marshals have seized $70,000 worth of raw materials for dietary supplements containing ephedrine alkaloids, as enforcement action in the dietary supplement industry continues.
The FDA’s NDI draft guidance sets up a ‘substantial and unprecedented premarket regulatory process’ that is ‘tantamount to obtaining FDA approval for dietary supplement products’, says Atrium Innovations.
Syntec Inc (Syntec Nutraceuticals) says it is “fully co-operating” with the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) after supplements made at its facility in Wisconsin were seized following allegations of serious cGMP violations and unauthorized disease...
Daily supplements of strawberry powder may improve heart health measures in obese people, suggest results of a new pilot study from the USDA and the University of California, Davis.
The new dietary ingredient (NDI) draft guidance, as it stands, will not help achieve the objective of full and efficient implementation and enforcement of DSHEA, says the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), as it adds its voice to calls for FDA to...
Health advocacy group Citizens for Health (CFH) has delivered a petition to the House of Representatives, the Senate and the Food and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed by more than 12,000 Americans, calling on the FDA to withdraw its draft guidance...
Health advocacy group the Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) is exploring all available “legal remedies” should the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) fail to ditch or substantially revise its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs).
The International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP) has urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to rethink its approach to live microbial dietary ingredients.
The Food and Drug Administration should tear up its “hugely flawed” draft guidance on new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications and go back to the drawing board, according to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) should recognize the existing industry list of ‘grandfathered’ or ‘old’ dietary ingredients (ODIs) sold in the US pre-1994 – but work with an expert panel to clarify its contents, according to the American Botanical...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it had no choice but to seize supplements manufactured by Syntec Inc (Syntec Nutraceuticals) after the firm committed serious cGMP violations and ignored warning letters accusing it of making unauthorized disease...
There will be differences in emphasis in comments submitted to the FDA on its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), but the overall message from the supplements industry is clear - and consistent - says the Council for Responsible Nutrition...
Oral ingestion of antioxidant polyphenols from apple peels have been shown to suppress inflammatory immune responses that may prevent colitis, according to new research in mice.
Bosses at Canadian krill oil firm Neptune Technologies & Bioressources are confident that third quarter revenues (three months to Nov 30) will be in the $5m to $5.25m range compared with $4.29m in the same period last year, representing a 17-22% rise.
Daily supplements of the polyphenol quercetin may boost levels of good cholesterol and decrease blood pressure, but benefits for waist size may be linked to our genetics, says a new study from Germany.
The owner of two New Jersey-based dietary supplement companies guilty of criminal contempt of court relating to GMP violations has been sentenced to prison for 40 months.
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs) can be salvaged, but only if the agency is willing to substantially rewrite the offending document, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has argued.
PhytoTrade Africa has secured a $100,000 cash injection from the USAID Southern Africa Trade Hub to help develop a US market strategy for baobab – the African superfruit packing an unparalleled nutritional punch.
The growing trend towards ‘active nutrition’ - a broader category than pure sports nutrition - is likely to benefit supplements giant NBTY as more high protein products hit mainstream retailers, according to chief executive Jeff Nagel.
The entrepreneur behind ‘blast caps’ – a dosing technology enabling consumers to add vitamins, probiotics and other bioactives to beverages at the point of consumption – says major players in the industry have finally warmed to the technology and are...
Preliminary results of a human study into Magtein - a patent-pending magnesium compound called magnesium-L-threonate claimed to boost memory and cognitive function - will be available next year.
The potential heart health benefits of polyphenol-rich juice may be linked to a positive change in expression of protein linked to artery health, suggests data from a pilot study from Coca-Cola.
While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will need time to process the expected tidal wave of comments on its draft guidance on new dietary ingredients (NDIs), the supplements industry should not be left in regulatory “limbo” for long, trade associations...
The ‘consistent fundamental failures’ of companies in the dietary ingredients and supplement segment for current good manufacturing practices (GMPs) is a ‘topic of disappointment’, says Loren Israelsen.
The omega-3 industry has defended its products against suggestions raised in a recent Norwegian scientific agency report that omega-3 oxidation (rancidity) could have negative consequences for human health.
Stabilized rice bran maker NutraCea will update the market on the progress of its R&D tie-up with DSM to develop protein from rice bran in the first half of 2012.
Jarrow Formulas is still waiting for a “substantive response” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted more than two months ago about the FDA’s draft guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDIs).
Increased blood levels of omega-3s are associated with lower levels of compounds linked to inflammation and heart disease, says a new study that strengthens the heart health benefits of the fatty acids.
The United States’ biggest farmer-owned cooperative CHS Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire soy protein company Solbar for $133m, sending share prices in the Israeli company soaring.
The US Food and Drug Administration has filed for a permanent injunction against a Pennsylvania dietary supplement manufacturer as the agency turns the GMP compliance screw.
Sales of vitamin C supplements – the biggest single category in the vitamins and minerals market - were up 2.8% to $221.27m in the year to October 1 across conventional and natural channels combined, according to new figures provided to NutraIngredients-USA...
The Columbus-based firm behind OXYwater - the latest ‘oxygen-enhanced’ mineral water to hit the market - claims sales have “exploded” since its launch earlier this year.
Regular consumption of a vitamin D-fortified yoghurt drink may improve cholesterol levels and markers of blood vessel functioning in diabetic people, according to new research.
A daily multivitamin and mineral supplement with added herbal ingredients may boost alertness and feelings of ‘general day-to-day well-being’, suggest data from a randomized controlled trial from Australia.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two warning letters in November for alleged dietary supplement cGMP violations, as the agency maintains its vigilance.
DSM Nutritional Products has raised the price of its BetaNat beta-carotene offering 20% globally, in the wake of its acquisition of its acquisition of Spanish carotenoid supplier Vitatene earlier this year.
Sales of sports beans – jelly beans laced with vitamins B, C and electrolytes – are “still growing in the double-digits each year” six years after launch, bosses at brand owner Jelly Belly have revealed.
Vitamin B12 may form a complex with a satiety-boosting hormone and provide formulators with a novel weight loss ingredient for use in products like chewing gum, preliminary research suggests.
Iowa-based Embria Health Sciences has received the green light from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) affirming the safety of its immune-balancing yeast fermentate EpiCor as a new dietary ingredient (NDI).
The firm behind a patented technology enabling the incorporation of multiple vitamins and other bioactives in coated chewing gum, has developed a novel bubblegum targeting the sports nutrition market.
