“Can’t be good for my health,” a song lyric from Gwen Stefani and No Doubt’s early 2000s single, “Magic’s in the Makeup,” comes to mind when we think of the Food and Drug Administration’s possible motives for recent...more
An old adage is that an “ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Perhaps no setting is a more appropriate example of this than a company whose business centers on food products regulated by the Federal Food and Drug...more
In a move that some in the natural product space have been asking for, Amazon has begun the process of implementing new requirements for selling dietary supplements on its online platform....more
We are often approached by clients interested in conducting studies relating to an article that qualifies as a dietary substance or ingredient. Some of these clients are interested in studies intended to provide insight into...more
The Food and Drug Administration issued new regulations requiring changes to the nutrition and supplements facts labels of conventional food and dietary supplements, respectively, on May 27, 2016....more
On September 23, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule titled, “Regulations Regarding ‘Intended Uses.’”...more
Maybe it’s a product that you’ve imported into the U.S. dozens of times. Maybe this is your first time importing this product or you’re working with a new business partner. Maybe you’re very familiar with the process, or...more
On July 8th, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submitted a report to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations detailing the results of a sampling study of the current cannabidiol (CBD) marketplace....more
On March 31, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Warning Letter to a dietary supplement firm for making claims about its products that establish the products are unapproved new drugs, in violation of Federal Food,...more