Mars-owned Wrigley will pay consumers up to $7m after settling a class action that challenged its right to claim its Eclipse gum was, "scientifically proven to help kill the germs that cause bad breath".
The importance of dietary supplements in preventative healthcare has once more been highlighted to US health policy staffers, just weeks after the government announced more funds for the prevention of chronic diseases.
The Federal Trade Commission will not be granted extra authority to police healthy foods and supplements marketing – among other powers – after a provision that would have done just that was removed from a Bill designed to reform Wall Street practices.
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is calling on the FDA to step up to the plate and carry out the inspections necessary to ensure GMP rules are followed.
Small to medium enterprises (SMEs – less than 20 staff) were given two years longer to comply with GMPs than the biggest dietary supplements manufacturers, but it is feared many have yet to get their systems and documentation in order and would struggle...
Influential New York-based, food policy academic Marion Nestle says a recent court action ordering the FDA to remove lengthy disclaimers from selenium health claims will open the floodgates to misleading advertising.
Vitamin D, iron, calcium and folic acid win positive mentions in fresh draft guidelines for the American diet – as do omega-3 fatty acids – but dietary supplements use among the healthy is dismissed by the committee.
Major plant sterol suppliers say recent food-use approvals in Canada and China will “clear the way” for expansion of the cholesterol-lowering category.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to parents and caregivers that liquid vitamin D dropper products may lead to “excessive dosing” and urging manufacturers to apply warning labels.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)-backed claims linking omega-3 form ALA and cognitive and eye function may be extended to DHA, a recent, specially convened European Commission-hosted meeting has suggested.
In the fourth part of NutraIngredients’ sports nutrition series, we scan a category as reliant on its elite sports roots as it is at times reviled by them and the rules that can lead to perfectly good products being called foul.
The European Union and China yesterday reached an agreement to boost research into consumer safety and explore the potential risks from nanotechnology.
The Kellogg Company will change immunity claims for Rice Krispies after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruled the claims misleading – but ruled out a financial penalty.
The Food and Drug Administration has been ordered to amend qualified selenium health claims by a Washington DC district court that found FDA’s addition of lengthy disclaimers to the claims to be in breach of Constitutional, First Amendment, free speech...
Adam Ismail, the executive director of the Global Organization for EPA and DHA Omega-3s (GOED) caught up with Shane Starling recently to talk through all things omega-3 (except Proposition 65 and the Whole Foods krill ban which could not be discussed...
Industry has responded positively to Wednesday’s Senate meeting on food supplements for the elderly, with its concerns about the need to increase FDA funding given a good hearing along with its affirmation of good practice as outlined in DSHEA.
Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) chief Steve Mister will tell a Senate Special Committee on Aging meeting today that the dietary supplements industry is adequately regulated, but the FDA requires more funding to police it.
The US dietary supplement industry is renewing campaigning efforts against a bill that could tighten legislation of their products by expanding the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) enforcement authority.
Five major dietary supplement trade associations have published Certificate of Analysis (CoA) guidance to help suppliers meet GMP requirements after several collaborating on the project.
Health Canada has published proposed regulations that would allow certain natural health products to continue to be sold in Canada while they complete the full licensing process.
The US food and supplements industry has taken a skeptical stance to a new report that recommends the same scientific approach is used to evaluate health claims on foods and supplements as on drugs and medical devices.
The United States Citizens Association is challenging the Health Care Reform Bill for unconstitutionally forcing American citizens to purchase health care insurance.
The highly regarded good manufacturing practices (GMP) expert Carl Reynolds – recently re-hired by the FDA to help it manage GMP reporting – highlighted problems from stray rodent activity to lack of batch data to inappropriate identity testing.
No great changes in the working and general direction of the FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) are expected following the departure of the division’s director, Stephen F Sundlof, PhD, according to the Natural Products Association...
A reformulated version of Bonsoy soy ‘milk’ has been approved for sale by Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ), after initially being withdrawn due to raised iodine levels derived from a kombu seaweed ingredient.
A review of the energy market in an IFT journal has called for tighter regulation to protect consumers and the industry from irresponsible marketing and ever more extreme drinks.
Michael McGuffin, the president of the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), tells Shane Starling why recently implemented adverse event reporting (AER) is delivering on its promise some three years down the line.
The USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) is reviewing the approval for omega-3 fatty acid DHA and omega-6 fatty acid ARA to be included in infant formula or baby foods that are certified as organic because, it says, the ingredients have not received...
The Federal Trade Commission will tomorrow start reimbursing consumers for their purchase of supplements sold by the QVC shopping channel, which it has decreed were sold on the basis of unsubstantiated weight loss claims.
Trade associations for the natural products and dietary supplements industry have joined associations from other industries to urge against the expansion of the rule-making and enforcement authority of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
Fish oil-derived omega-3 oils and powder forms DHA and EPA can now be incorporated in foods and beverages in China after winning approval from Chinese authorities.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has called for more transparency regarding conflict of interest statements when the agency waives them to allow experts to participate in scientific advisory meetings.
Industry is becoming very concerned about a section of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009 that hands the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) powers to condemn healthy food and supplement messaging that is not backed by product-specific...
“Many in industry are pinning their hopes on EFSA showing them the light at the meeting, including the likes of Danone, which withdrew three probiotic immunity/digestive health article 13.5 claims in April, citing clarification it is expecting on Big...
Mars Inc is suing Nutraceuticals, Life Extension Foundation and Naturex for infringing nine patents covering the manufacture of its CirkuHealth cocoa flavanols.
Lutein player OmniActive Health Technologies has announced self-affirmed GRAS (generally recognized as safe) status for its Lutemax lutein ingredient range.
Dietary supplements took a step closer to playing a key role in preventative medicine following a recent meeting in Washington DC between the Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus, and the trade associations Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and...
Bisphenol A (BPA) is living on borrowed time. And not just in the United States but now in Europe too where mounting consumer hostility and scientific concern over its safety have combined to push the chemical towards the point of no return.
The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA) is urging people to sign a petition against the market withdrawal of P5P, a natural compound linked with vitamin B6 or Pyridoxamine – in dietary supplement form.
Soft drink makers could end up swallowing a £10m bill for no good reason by embracing the Food Standards Agency (FSA) recommendations for new slim-line 250ml drinks.
No race should have rules that favour the strongest competitors. But unless the capabilities and interests of SMEs are taken into consideration before the starting gun is fired for new food regulations, they will struggle to keep up and may have to drop...
Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Jon Tester (D-MT) and Michael B. Enzi (R-WY) along with House of Representative members, Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Jared Polis (D-CO) have been named industry champions at the 13th NPA Natural Products...
Lutein rivals Kemin Food and OmniActive Health Technologies have issued a joint statement clarifying terms of the lutein processing patent dispute they settled late last year.
A Bill has been introduced to Congress backing the right of healthy foods and dietary supplements to cite scientific studies demonstrating health benefits.
Industry groups are highlighting benefits that may flow to the dietary supplements and complementary and alternative medicines (CAMs) sectors as a result of the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that has been passed by Congress.
Health Canada has given beverage makers more freedom to add caffeine to their products after extending the authorised use of the stimulant to all carbonated drinks.
