Product Classification Matters I always chuckle when I read the title of FDA guidance, "Is it a Cosmetic, a drug, or both? (Or is it a Soap?)". However, the correct classification of a product is no laughing matter—it is essential to ensuring compliance with the [...]
FDA has been busy in the past few months, publishing several draft guidance documents and proposed rules for food safety—including a proposal that would ban partially hydrogenated oils in foods.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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]