Somewhere, in some time, there exists a land of beauty and promise for nutricosmetics products, where beauty supplements, foods and drinks can frolic, happy in the knowledge of their justifiable claims.The problem is that getting to this promised land...
Following last Friday’s decision by Abbott Laboratories to pull its sibutramine-containing weight loss drug Meridia due to concerns about side effects, questions are being asked about dietary supplement contamination with the substance.
The legal counsel who represented Durk Pearson, Sandy Shaw and others in the recent case that forced the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to alter three approved selenium health claims, says his clients and others will use the claims.
As genetic testing advances, and commercial tests increase in number, FDA oversight of the tests will strengthen, but it will remain a challenge to not stifle future innovation, says an academic from Duke University.
Pomegranate leader POM Wonderful and Pepsi-owned Tropicana – locked in a legal battle over juice claims – have been asked to submit comments about the complaint lodged against POM by the Federal Trade Commission last month.
The Food and Drug Administration has revised three selenium, qualified health claims, after a court reiterated earlier rulings and ordered it to do so in July.
To BPA or not to BPA? While the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) backed the continued use of bisphenol A last week, the real question is whether the verdict was a full-blown reprieve for the controversial chemical or merely a stay of execution.
The Federal Trade Commission legal action alleging POM Wonderful made unsubstantiated claims for its pomegranate products, adds to a stream of claim actions the increasingly active agency has taken this year.
Health Canada is warning consumers about 13 sexual dysfunction products because they are laced with either sildenafil, a pharma ingredient typically used in sexual aids like Viagra.
The Korean functional food market hinges on obtaining the nation’s precious ingredient claim approval, but breaking that barrier opens the floodgates to huge market potential, according to an industry expert.
An Ohio court has found that a Procter & Gamble, vitamin C-pharma combination cold and flu product was not marketed misleadingly under state law, despite the presence of an FDA warning letter that said the contrary.
Supplements maker iForce Nutrition has voluntary recalled its hormone supplement Reversitol after the Food and Drug Administration objected to the presence of an ingredient it deemed an unapproved drug.
A cranberry ingredient from US firm Proprietary Nutritionals Inc (PNI) can be supported by a health claim in the Korean market, after the nation’s regulator approved a claim linking it to urinary tract health.
A class action has been lodged in a Florida state court alleging POM Wonderful misled consumers with at least six different health claims, as the Californian pomegranate pioneer’s legal battles multiply.
Pom Wonderful is suing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over new marketing standards of proof the Californian pomegranate leader says are damaging its brand equity.
A coffee product claiming to assist erectile dysfunction has been deemed an unapproved drug by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) due to the presence of hydroxythiohomosildenafil, an analogue of sildenafil, used in the sexual aid Viagra.
Kids are not going to stop liking chocolate, pizza, ice cream, or fries. Heck, neither am I. So why is industry so afraid of mandatory restrictions on marketing to children?
The Food and Drug Administration Food Safety Modernization Bill (S. 510) will bolster safety and quality in the US dietary supplements industry, according to leading trade group the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
The Food and Drug Administration has told Unilever Americas that claims for a Lipton green tea product – mostly references to flavonoid studies on Lipton websites – amount to drug claims and must be amended or removed.
The FDA is too lenient regarding health claims and should follow EFSA’s lead and hold foods “to the same scientific standards as those for drugs”, according to the editors of Scientific American.
For the second time in a month Illinois-based Heartland Sweeteners has been told by the National Advertising Division (NAD) its marketing is misleading – this time for a probiotic sweetener called Nevella with Probiotcs.
Industry groups say mandatory reporting of non-serious Adverse Event Reports (AERs) will lead to, “an avalanche of trivial information” that may jeopardise public safety and confuse and overwhelm financial markets.
In the fourth part of our special beauty from within series, we take a look at the regulations governing what you can say about nutriscosmetics products – which, in most jurisdictions, is not very much.
Hundreds of proposed botanical-health relationships ranging from antioxidant activity to skin health to immunity to gut health will almost certainly be rejected if the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) holds to its current methodologies, according...
Industry continues to urge the Food and Drug Administration to close the Section 912 loophole in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) that could allow nutrients such as omega-3s, L-arginine and baobab to be reclassified as drugs.
The Food and Drug Administration’s failure to deliver a verdict on a citizen’s petition seeking to switch the status of a brain health ingredient from a drug to a dietary supplement is damaging the company behind it, and fueling ambiguity in the area.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has confirmed it would be receptive to a probiotics monograph that may serve as the basis of a qualified health claim, the International Probiotics Association (IPA) has confirmed.
A federal appeals court has denied a motion challenging claims being made by Coca-Cola/ Nestlé owned Enviga, a green tea extract-based beverage that promises to burn calories.
A US district court has issued a restraining order on the marketers of acai dietary supplements and ‘colon cleansing supplements’ for their deceptive marketing and illegal billing practices.
Legal experts for the food industry will this week hold a briefing on the European health claims regulatory landscape, designed to help US food exporters understand the current issues facing the industry.
An ongoing Food and Drug Administration investigation into sweetened, dried cranberries could prove key in the legal battle that intensified between cranberry enemies, Ocean Spray and Decas last week.
Big oops. Meat and milk from the offspring of cloned animals has entered the UK food chain. Cue scary headlines and scared consumers. But the leviathan of EU-lawmaking means no-one actually knows if it’s legal or not. And that’s an even bigger oops.
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) says the Consumer Reports article that this week criticized the dietary supplements industry for being under-regulated and named a “dirty dozen” of supplement ingredients to avoid, is guilty of the kind...
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on what it describes as an “emerging trend” for dietary supplements to be spiked with prescription drug ingredients.
The Consumer Reports attack on dietary supplements has drawn a stiff reaction from industry who have questioned the grounds on which the criticism has been based, but it could have been worse according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN).
Bitter cranberry rivals Ocean Spray Cranberries and Decas Cranberry Sales are set for another legal battle after Ocean Spray this week sued Decas for “deceptive business practices” in a Massachusetts court. Decas has vowed to fight the action.
The new dietary guidelines should not actively discourage the consumption of dietary supplements, says the CRN, as they are helpful in bridging nutrient gaps.
A Minneapolis-based legal firm is attempting to drum up support for a class action against a vitamin-fortified Kraft water called Crystal Light Immunity.
A dietary supplement trade group has urged the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) not to require adverse event reports from nutritional supplements in its incident reporting system as it will confuse consumers and interfere with existing processes.
The Food and Drug Administration must follow a district court ruling and alter existing qualified health claims for selenium or face contempt of court charges, according to the plaintiffs in the case.
Green tea manufacturer Fleminger is suing the Food and Drug Administration for restricting the use of approved health claims linking green tea and breast and prostate cancer.
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) has called for more regulation and initiative from industry to protect children from the potential health threat posed by energy drinks.
The Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega 3s (GOED) says draft US Dietary Guidelines ignore the role EPA and DHA supplements and fortified foods can play in the prevention of heart disease and other chronic illnesses in healthy people.
Nestlé was not dealt a financial penalty in its settlement this week with the Federal Trade Commission over immunity health claims being made for some of its probiotic products, but a class action is possible, says a food attorney.
The omega-3 industry has met with the Food and Drug Administration to urge the agency to fund a review of the status of omega-3 in the US food supply – including dietary reference intakes (DRI).
Needs improvement, is the verdict of trade organization Council for Responsible Nutrition on the draft report of the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans Committee (DGAC).
