The California legislature has passed two bills concerning the sale
and labelling of dietary supplements containing ephedra or steroid
hormone precursors
Nutritional supplement maker Metabolife has issued a statement
responding to calls for an investigation into reports of
side-effects caused by its ephedra products.
The US Food and Drug Administration calls for a criminal
investigation into Metabolife over the safety of some of the
company's ephedra-based diet products.
America's dietary supplement trade body is to stress the importance
of nutrition and alternative medicine in a request to the
government for more funding for research.
German company Degussa BioActives, a leading maker of creatine
products, has been focusing on its sports nutrition segment this
year, actively promoting Creapure and other sports products at
trade shows. NutraIngredients.com spoke...
A range of dietary supplements sold in the UK have been irradiated
in breach of food regulations, found a survey by the UK Food
Standards Agency. As a consequence companies with affected products
have been told to remove them from...
In what it is calling a victory for consumer protection, the US
Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has forced Utah-based company
Biogenics to agree to stop making products containing drugs but
sold as dietary supplements.
Athletes are using increasing amounts of dietary supplements to
help boost their performance, but many of the products they use are
contaminated by substances that could result in positive tests for
anabolic steroids, according to...
Pharmavite, maker of Nature Made vitamins, minerals and other
dietary supplements, will become the first participant in a
programme designed to build consumer confidence in dietary
supplements
The Council for Responsible Nutrition in the US has responded
angrily to a recent survey by in the journal JAMA which claimed
that the increased use of herbal supplements could lead to adverse
reactions with other drugs.
Daily supplementation with creatine could accelerate the recovery
of leg muscle size and performance after being immobilised in a
cast for two weeks, report European researchers recently.
National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA) and NSF International
announced this week that they have formed a strategic alliance to
provide a comprehensive certification program for the dietary
supplements industry.
In Part Two of 'Herbal Dietary Supplements Hunger for Regulation',
Henry I.Miller and David Longtin examine models for legislative
change in the area of dietary supplements.
In Part One of this article Henry Miller and David Longtin look
at the overall regulation of dietary supplements across the Western
world and highlight the many shortfalls.
