At FDA Compliance Simplified, we focus on Food and Drug Administration regulations that cover a wide variety of products used in and on the bodies of humans and animals. However, no product is regulated by only one governing authority. At the federal level, all products [...]
Update February 17, 2022: Please use this link to view the UNPA webinar "In the BEginning"... Dietary Supplements Supply Chain Starts with Ag mentioned in the original post. The webinar opens with a general introduction and the presentations begin as indicated below. Good Agricultural and [...]
New ingredients for use in foods, dietary supplements, and pet foods each have unique review and approval processes mandated by FDA.
On June 14, 2018 FDA published two guidance documents on dietary fiber. “Dietary fiber” was not defined per se prior to the publication of the revised nutrition labeling regulations of 2016. The 2016 definition for dietary fiber has two parts. First, it includes “non-digestible soluble [...]
Update September 29, 2017: FDA announced extension of the compliance dates for the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts label final rule and the Serving Size final rule to January 1, 2020, for manufacturers with $10 million or more in annual sales. The new date for [...]
Updated June 13, 2017: Today FDA announced that they will extend the compliance dates for the new nutrition facts labels but they have not announced what the new dates will be. Here is the information published on the FDA website: "FDA Intends to Extend Compliance [...]
I recently participated in the FDA /Joint Institute for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (JIFSAN http://jifsan.umd.edu/) Food and Nutrition webinar. The webinar covered topics including food labeling, infant formula, medical foods, color additives, partially hydrogenated oils and dietary supplements. Most of the presenters that talked [...]
Here’s hoping that the first month of 2013 has been a good one for you! Thanks to our many valued clients, the year is off to a good start for our team. Our goal is to help your company comply with applicable FDA regulations. Accordingly, [...]
The Federal Trade Commission in conjunction with the Food and Drug Administration has announced that they have issued warning letters to several companies who are making claims regarding omega 3 fatty acids and brain and vision function. The agencies are seeking information regarding the substantiation [...]