Regulation

FDA moves to keep coronavirus fears from interrupting ingredients trade

25-Jun-2020 By Hank Schultz

The US Food and Drug Administration says it will move actively to prevent the worldwide trade in dietary ingredients, food ingredients and whole foods from being restricted because of misplaced coronavirus infection concerns.

Guest Post: Taxonomic changes are 'timely opportunity' to turn probiotic strains into household names

30-Apr-2020 By Nikki Hancocks

Highly anticipated news of taxonomic changes to the genus Lactobacillus this month would have been unlikely to cross the average consumer's radar but the update is a great and surprisingly timely communication opportunity, explains Kristina Campbell,...

Trade groups ask retailers not to stock products making coronavirus claims

07-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

A coalition of dietary supplement industry trade associations have come out in support of FDA actions against fraudulent coronavirus treatment claims and have urged retailers to not stock products with such claims on their labels.

From the editor's desk

Supplement industry can win with emphasis on safety, clapping lid on disease claims

03-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

The dietary supplement industry has an opportunity to communicate with a new range of consumers in light of the current crisis. Highlighting the excellent safety of the products and quality initiatives underway can help keep the embarrassment of rampant...

FDA sends warning letter to CBD firm over coronavirus claims

02-Apr-2020 By Hank Schultz

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued another warning letter on COVID-19 claims. This one was issued to a Nevada company marketing CBD products.

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.