NDI guidance: ‘Absurdly broad, anti-innovative and incredibly burdensome’
Preliminary analysis of draft guidance on new dietary ingredients used in supplements appears to confirm many of the trade's worst fears, according to food law experts.
Archives for June 30, 2011
NDA panellist: Angry academics would come to same conclusions if on our panel
As the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) delivers hundreds of batch five general function health claim rejections to an ever-frustrated academic and commercial community, EFSA health claims panelist Ambroise Martin, PhD, tells NutraIngredients why...
EFSA health claim opinion
Veteran L-carnitine prof: Rejected dossier literature is 'out of date'
A highly peeved, 30-year veteran L-carnitine researcher has written to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) calling on the agency to alter its rejection yesterday of an L-carnitine, article 13 health claim dossier that apparently was loaded with...
EFSA health claim opinion
EFSA intense sweeteners opinion lacks ‘common sense’, says Ajinomoto
Aspartame supplier Ajinomoto says a health claim opinion that refused the role of intense sweeteners in weight management defies ‘common sense’.
Chromadex-Cott team-up to extend synergies of pterostilbene and grape polyphenols
Cott Beverages Inc., and ChromaDex Inc. have entered into a licensing and supply agreement for the joint development of a proprietary ingredient blend combining the latter’s pterostilbene ingredient and the former’s grape extract.
NPA: Tax breaks for supplements will save cash in long-run
A Bill that would provide tax breaks for dietary supplements now has 32 co-sponsors in the House of Representatives.
Special edition: NDI draft guidance reaction
The wait is over: FDA releases NDI draft guidance
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released the much anticipated New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) draft guidance, meeting its statutory deadline for the release of the document.
Fat challenge test may identify dietary health effects
A high-fat challenge test employing cutting edge –omics technology may generate more and better information about the health effects of dietary ingredients and supplements, say researchers.
Prebiotics may restore metabolic alterations linked to omega-3 poor diets: Study
Adding prebiotic fibers to the diet may go some way to restoring the metabolic alterations associated with insufficient intakes of omega-3, suggest new findings from a study with mice.