On Tuesday, December 17, 2013, FDA published a proposed amendment to the tentative final monograph for topical antiseptic/antimicrobial products (http://tinyurl.com/qbatlul). The proposed rule addresses the formulation of “consumer antiseptic products intended for use with water” or in laymen’s terms, antibacterial hand and body washes. Products [...]
Late last summer while visiting the Alaska State Museum in Juneau, a postcard with a photo of a decorated canoe caught my eye. On the front it said, "Genuine Alaskan Native Art" and on the back was a blurb about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) [...]
In their settlement with Dannon over claims on DanActive and Activia, the FTC again evoked its standard of “two well-control clinical trials” to support structure function claims. This standard was previously applied to Nestlé’s Boost® Kids Essentials drink and POM Wonderful Pomegranate Juice (POM is [...]
The FDA has been busy lately, issuing many guidance documents and warning letters. Two that are of particular interest to the dietary supplement industry are a series of warning letters to companies marketing chelation/detoxification products and a new guidance on when FDA permission is required [...]