Regulatory

Failing to follow FDA and FTC rules in advertising and marketing comes at a cost — as more and more companies are finding out the hard way. Douglas S Kalman, MS, RD, explains the best way to scientifically document and support your product?s...

The European Court of Justice?s rejection of the challenges brought against the Food Supplements Directive has drawn varying reactions from the groups that mounted them and other industry bodies...

While the controversial health claims and nutrition regulation is passed between the various legislative institutions of the European Union, companies and government bodies are taking matters into their own hands with revised policies on labelling...

With official Good Manufacturing Practices expected from the Food and Drug Administration this year, the issue of harmonised analytical methods to measure ingredient quality is emerging as the critical link for GMP compliance. ...

In the effort to distinguish between legitimate companies and snake-oil sellers — and to lessen the harm caused by false product claims — a movement toward policing and self-policing has emerged. But, Steve May asks, who is policing the police...

After more than a decade of deliberations, Codex — the United Nations body established in 1963 to develop international food codes — will adopt its much anticipated supplements guidelines in July...

The two-year frenzy surrounding the European Nutrition and Health Claims proposal continues unabated, with a further array of committee-level amendments submitted by the European Parliament, which was set to debate and vote on the proposal in full...

Two major industry associations have urged their members to refrain from selling ephedra until judicial and regulatory processes are resolved, in the wake of a US District Court ruling in April that the Food and Drug Administration erred in its...

Healthy foods and supplements manufacturers in Canada are concerned that proposed amendments to the Food and Drugs Act will bring an end to what has been a gradual shift to health products being uniquely classified, and usher in a reversion to...

With as many as four out of five new dietary ingredient (NDI) submissions being rejected by the Food and Drug Administration, some say the agency is using the NDI process to quash product innovation while others claim it is making up for previous...