Dietary Supplements
Agency exercises enforcement discretion on requirement for products to be labeled as containing artificial colors or dyes when those aren’t native to foods or ingredients, including added colors made from natural sources.
In contributed commentary, Susan Levy, SBL Consulting Group founder and principal, discusses likely health and wellness market developments which would reflect a steady shift toward more accessible, consumer-centric models of care complementing traditional healthcare.
“Dietary Supplement Regulatory Uniformity Act” would prohibit states from adding requirements and rules for supplement manufacturing and sales on top of FDA regulations.
The clinical and statistical review teams favored a complete response letter for the vasculitis treatment, while the review division and office directors supported approval.
Hawaii proposes age-restricted sales but, unlike similar bills also filed in Alaska, Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington legislatures, would require behind-the-counter storage to limit consumer access in stores.
C&D starts 2026 with expectations to boost sales of latest acquisition, Touchland scented hand sanitizer, after halting sales of Flawless hair removal/nail care and Waterpik showerhead products and selling Spinbrush power toothbrush brand as well vitafusion and L’il Critter gummy supplement lines.
“FDA’s proposed GRAS rule would move GRAS closer to the NDI model in at least one key respect, which is mandatory notification,” says attorney Ashish Talati. Proposed rule isn’t expected to require removal of ingredients available through self-GRAS processes.
Changing self-GRAS regulation, providing NDIN safety and identity guidance and modernizing supplement industry regulatory framework are on FDA’s “2026 priority deliverables,” but not requirement for public listing of all supplements available.
When FDA warned Agebox about selling iKids-Growth IGF-1 Support supplements as unapproved drugs, agency along with CDC had for around a month been investigating outbreak of infant botulism linked to ByHeart formula.
FDA Human Foods Program’s list notes Kennedy’s GRAS focus as first item in “Food Chemical Safety” category, saying the agency in 2026 “will publish a proposed regulation to require the submission to FDA of GRAS notices for all substances claimed to be GRAS.”
Lawsuit filed in District of Columba federal court alleges FDA violated the authoritative statement provisions of FD&C Act, Constitutional Avoidance Doctrine and First Amendment by rejecting ANH-USA’s petition to allow 114 science-based health claims sourced directly from federal agencies.
“We remain fully committed to the integrated growth strategy that has enabled us to deliver significant growth and value creation, over the better part of the past decade,” says CEO Shailesh Jejurikar as firm reports net sales up 1% in latest quarter.