There is a bill before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions that would drastically alter the path to market for new food ingredients. As an observer of FDA, I expect that this bill will have ramifications for the dietary supplement industry and the New Dietary Ingredient Notification process.
In mid-January FDA issued two important guidance documents, Distinguishing Liquid Dietary Supplements from Beverages (http://tinyurl.com/m443cla) and Considerations Regarding Substances Added to Foods, Including Beverages and Dietary Supplements (http://tinyurl.com/nhwqz26). I will discuss the guidances in detail below but will start with the parts that are particularly [...]
On November 7, 2013 FDA published a ‘Request for Comments and for Scientific Data and Information’ regarding the use of partially hydrogenated oils in foods. The FDA has reviewed the scientific data and has determined that there is no longer scientific consensus on the safety [...]
Hello! Summer is in full swing here in the Northern Hemisphere and FDA is heating things up for the US dietary supplement industry. On Friday, July 1, 2011 FDA published the long-anticipated Draft Guidance for Industry on Dietary Supplement New Dietary Ingredient Notifications. You can [...]