Some New Tools, More Old For Supplement Sector Enforcement During Trump’s Second Term

Tariffs on imports from China and look at eliminating self-affirmed GRAS pathway introduced under Trump while DoJ Consumer Protection Branch also continues supplement sector priorities enduring across administrations.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent order to examine eliminating the self-affirmed generally regarded as safe pathway for introducing additional food ingredients isn’t the Trump administration’s only attention to dietary supplements.

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Tariffs on imports from China and look at eliminating self-affirmed GRAS pathway introduced under Trump while DoJ Consumer Protection Branch also continues supplement sector priorities enduring across administrations.

Availability Of Counterfeit Supplements Ringing Up Impact On Brand Sales And Consumer Safety

 

Sales of Bioventra’s probiotic put inventory at “a critical low” as “parallel rise in unverified listings on third-party marketplaces prompted concern among” customers. DoJ and food and drug industry attorney say counterfeiting remains a problem in supplement sector.

US FDA Reorganization Set Stage To Improve Food Programs, But Slim Budget Grabs Spotlight

 

“It's kind of a free for all,” says longtime FDA funding advocate Steven Grossman. FDA knew funding it requested “was totally inadequate to the needs. So, Food Chemical Safety is stuck there with about six or eight other purposes the money could have been used for.

US Supplement Industry Needs Relief From ‘Drug Preclusion’ Policy, CRN Reminds FDA

 

CRN petition argues against general preclusion while NPA petition addressed specifically FDA’s wielding of the provision to prohibit the use of NMN supplements available in US. “FDA has acknowledged that they really can't answer one without answering. The two are inextricably linked,” says CRN CEO Steve Mister.

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US Tariffs: Fragrance Industry Pushes For Exclusion Of Certain Materials

 

Fragrance Creators Association will push the Trump Administration to exclude from tariffs fragrance materials that cannot be produced or cultivated domestically, while both FCA and the Personal Care Products Council will continue to promote the economic benefits of their respective industries.

ProBiotix Health Looks To Next Level In Korea’s $450m Probiotics Market

 
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Agreement with Seoul-based health and wellness player TopHealth will see the roll out of ProBiotix' cholesterol-lowering probiotics in South Korea.