Regulation

New supplement laws proposed to boost innovation and sector growth

20-Feb-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

The European Federation of Associations of Health Product Manufacturers (EHPM) has created a manifesto and regulatory proposal detailing significant legislative changes needed in order for the food supplements sector to reach its full potential to aid...

European board of experts agree on turmeric quality criteria

06-Feb-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

The Advisory Board on the Quality of Botanical Supplements has created a consensus paper to clarify how experts can examine the quality, safety and efficacy of turmeric supplements.

CBD lacks standardisation on quality, concentration and price: ‘We encountered a wild, wild west scenario’

03-Feb-2020 By Katy Askew

The authors of a new study have suggested the CBD sector is mired by inconsistent quality, concentrations, pricing and labelling. “What we encountered was a wild, wild west scenario in terms of manufacturing and marketing,” Noa Gans, head of product at...

Regulations 2020: Five of this year’s need-to-know supplements and functional foods developments revealed

08-Jan-2020 By Tingmin Koe and Guan Yu Lim

APAC’s fragmented, and at times volatile, regulatory landscape can be a major headache for supplements and functional foods firms. As we enter 2020, we look at some of the new rules that will commence from January and the developments that are likely...

Contaminated CBD products could lead to anti-doping ban, ESSNA warns

08-Nov-2019 By Shane Starling

Athletes using cannabidiol (CBD) products should be prepared for a very real risk they could fail anti-doping tests due to contamination of banned tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), ESSNA has warned.

From the editor's desk

Is going big the only way to win in the supplement industry?

11-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

The inauguration of a huge, shiny, new (well, repurposed) facility leads to the question of what scale in the industry best serves the dietary supplement consumer.

CRN takes issue with how Pew reported adverse event finding in recent supplement survey

02-Oct-2019 By Hank Schultz

A new Pew survey on dietary supplements found that 1 in 8 consumers said they or a family member had experienced an adverse event, a finding which has been criticized as a faulty statistic.

Study finds ‘healthy’ kids snacks could be contributing to growing obesity crisis

09-Apr-2019 By Gill Hyslop

Scottish research has revealed that a raft of seemingly ‘healthy’ snacks aimed at UK children are less healthy than claimed.

Probiotics regulations under review in China as regulator SAMR 'plays catch-up'

03-Apr-2019 By Cheryl Tay

China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) is calling for public feedback regarding regulations for health food products containing probiotics.

CBD frustration: Aussie supplement firms thwarted by rules while pharma advances march on

11-Feb-2019 By Cheryl Tay

Pharmaceutical firms are making strides in the Australia's medical cannabis space, but supplement and nutraceutical firms will have to wait a long time before they can do the same, says an industry expert.

Strict and serious: '100-day operation' to clean up China's health food market

25-Jan-2019 By Tingmin Koe

The Chinese authorities have started a '100-day operation' in a bid to weed out unscrupulous industry practices prevalent in the country's health food market.

Negative impact? Australian complementary healthcare practitioners reveal concerns over TGA reforms

22-Jan-2019 By Cheryl Tay

Almost 60% of complementary healthcare practitioners in Australia think recent reforms by the Therapeutic Good Administration (TGA) have had an adverse impact on the industry, according to the regulator's own stakeholder survey.

Probiota Asia 2018

Replace probiotics regulatory complexity with consistency and clarity: IPA

26-Oct-2018 By Tingmin Koe

The International Probiotics Association (IPA) has urged the industry to support its efforts to bring consistency to the global regulatory landscape, so that the rules can keep pace with technology and scientific advancement.

Vitafoods Asia 2018

The future of formula: Education, not promotion, the key to success with consumers and regulators — DuPont

26-Sep-2018 By Cheryl Tay

A forward-thinking approach to infant formula is required to properly benefit both industry and consumers in Asia-Pacific's diverse markets, and must be supported by extensive research and strong co-operation with regulators.

‘6 of your 5 a day’ sports drink ruled misleading by ASA

04-Jul-2018 By Will Chu

Nutritional and fitness product retailer, Racing Greens have fallen foul of the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over claims its blended drink provided “6 of your 5 a day”.