Dietary Supplements

“There's a lot of third-party audit information out there. Could we take that and apply it into our inspectional planning process?” says Office of Dietary Supplement Programs Director Cara Welch.

“We have rarely, if ever, enforced this requirement” FDA says announcing enforcement discretion regarding requirement for disclaimer about supplement structure/function and other label claims to be printed on every panel of a product’s package.

Urban Retreat didn’t cooperate with Direct Selling Self-Regulatory Council’s review or “indicate any intent to comply with” recommendations to discontinue claims for its Balance Capsules. LoveBiome responded sufficiently to merit a DSSRC recommendation to pull three health claims.

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.