Near the end of 2017 FDA published test results from a gluten free food product surveillance project. By way of background, recall that in 2013 FDA published a final rule on gluten free labeling of foods, including dietary supplements. The rule, codified in 21 CFR [...]
Natural claims continue to be prominent on a variety of food and cosmetic product labels. As discussed in a previous post, FDA has not defined natural but requested public input on what the term should mean when used on food labels. The comment period closed [...]
FDA has been busy in the past few months, publishing several draft guidance documents and proposed rules for food safety—including a proposal that would ban partially hydrogenated oils in foods. They also published updated guidance on cosmetic GMPs but have been relatively quiet about dietary [...]
Earlier this summer the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched the Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). This website provides label information from supplement products marketed in the US. The database is easily searchable by ingredient, product name and company name and provides a summary [...]
Last month I attended Supply Side West where my company, in conjunction with Nosco, Inc, presented information on packaging, labeling, and compliance. I spoke to a small group of attendees about how labels function as the table of contents to information about your product; information that [...]
Hello! You may find the story from FoodNavigation.com that is pasted below interesting. It involves LaneLabs, a supplement company that is under a consent decree due to making false claims on dietary supplement products. The FTC brought a suit against them due to new claims [...]