Dietary Supplements

FDA looks to Congress for authority to require registration for all supplements available for sale in US for public-facing product listing but no authority can produce list of dietary ingredients available pre-DSHEA.

Decision on vitafusion and L’il Critters business planned by end of year, but Piping Rock Health provided incentive for C&D to opt for divestiture.

Enforcements at facilities in Missouri operated by Shaman Botanicals and Relax Relief Rejuvenate Trading were preceded by administrative detention orders, FDA’s first use of the authority since its reorganization in October 2024.

CRN’s attorneys ask Second Circuit for en banc review of a three-judge panel’s denial of its appeal of 2024 decision in district court rejecting motion for preliminary injunction against enforcement of New York state law age-restricting sales of weight loss and muscle building supplements.

FDA leadership drama continues after Richard Pazdur was elevated to drug center director. Can Pazdur, CBER Director Vinay Prasad and Commissioner Martin Makary get along?

Lawmakers in IL, MA and NJ as well as MI consider proposals as firms marketing weight loss and bodybuilding supplements in New York already are subject to first-ever state law limiting sales of products to consumers 18 and older.

Canadian firm states in 2026 forecast that its research, including consumer surveys and sales data, shows a majority of consumers, 65%, are not only familiar with the benefits of prebiotics but also interested in the ingredients, 55%.

Regardless of THC level and even though the US hemp product marketplace is growing, FDA regulations prohibit the botanical’s use as a dietary ingredient or food additive because it’s been studied or approved for use as a drug in the US.

After using supplements from third-party providers for personalized nutrition programs it offered to patients at wellness clinics it operated, Designs for Health has shifted to focus entirely on providing supplements to healthcare practitioners.

Three-judge Second Circuit panel rejects CRN’s argument that New York General Business Law Section 391-oo, effective since April 2024 as first in US to prohibit sales of certain supplements to consumers under 18, violates First Amendment rights of supplement marketers.

Daily Niagen use increased NAD+ levels for subjects in long-COVID study, showing “encouraging within-group improvements” in fatigue, sleep and mood. Tru Niagen Beauty is “cellular-first formula designed to support skin elasticity and the appearance of hair, skin, and nails.”

Provision supported by Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-KY, along with House Appropriations Committee chair Andy Harris, R-MD, tightens definition of lawful hemp to exclude any THC derivative from cannabis at more than 0.3% concentration by dry weight and specifically exclude synthetics.