Archives for December 5, 2011

NDI draft guidance comments

AHPA to FDA: Tear up NDI draft guidance and start again

The Food and Drug Administration should tear up its “hugely flawed” draft guidance on new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications and go back to the drawing board, according to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA).

NDI draft guidance comments

ABC: Expert panel should clarify list of grandfathered dietary ingredients

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...

Syntec supplements seized over unauthorized disease claims and serious cGMP violations

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...

FTC ups the ante in crackdown vs bogus acai weight loss claims

The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) crackdown against firms making bogus weight loss claims about açai supplements has stepped up a gear.