Regulatory

A nuanced regulatory rule would be too little, too late.

The President's 2020 Budget includes new resources to advance the agency's food safety program and expand food safety monitoring.

Undeterred by the USDA's move to stop an organic checkoff program, at Expo West, organic leaders rallied around a voluntary, opt-in checkoff program, GRO Organic and new messaging from Organic Voices. Having already raised $1.5 million, the...

FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced he would leave the agency next month. Appointed by President Donald Trump in 2017, Gottlieb praised dietary supplements as useful for health and made comments suggesting the agency could provide clarity on...

FDA's top official announced plans this week to assemble a working group within his agency and hold a public meeting in April to examine a possible rulemaking that would allow for CBD to be lawfully sold in conventional food and supplements.

The 2018 Farm Bill was a definite win for CBD producers on a national scale, but state and local authorities are striking back.

In a lengthy statement revealing plans to strengthen the agency’s regulation of dietary supplements, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., expressed concern that “changes in the supplement market may have outpaced the evolution of our own...

In response to an FDA inquiry on dairy names, an overwhelming majority of comments submitted support using the word milk on plant-based alternatives.

Supplement claims can be either health or structure/function, but certain health claims require pre-approval from the FDA.

Supplement brands must make truthful claims—and have the research to back them up—to avoid trouble with the FTC.