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Natural Products Insider – Regulatory Updates: FDA Issues Warning on Imported Vitamin – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com WASHINGTON—FDA issued a consumer warning regarding Soladek, a vitamin product marketed by Indo Pharma SA, based in the Dominican Republic, as the product may contain dangerously high levels of […] Read More >>
Medicine and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency – Regulatory updates: 100th traditional herbal registration granted – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.mhra.gov.uk/index.htm The number of herbal products registered under the Traditional Herbal Registration (THR) scheme hit the 100 mark today increasing consumer choice for safe herbal products across the UK. The […] Read More >>
RAPS – Regulatory Updates: EU Herbal Medicine Ban to Face Legal Challenge – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.raps.org/ personifyebusiness/tabid/342/Default.aspx A ban on unregistered herbal medicines in the EU set to go into effect in May will face legal challenges from natural health advocates. Critics of the EU’s […] Read More >>
CRN – Regulatory Updates: Appropriate Use of Potassium Iodide – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.crnusa.org CRN URGES COMPANIES, CONSUMERS TO FOLLOW FDA GUIDANCE ON APPROPRIATE USE OF POTASSIUM IODIDE WASHINGTON, D.C., March 17, 2011—In response to concerns that in the wake of the situation […] Read More >>
EFSA – Regulatory Updates: safety of food irradiation – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ EFSA assesses the safety of food irradiation EFSA’s experts conclude that there are no microbiological risks for the consumer linked to the use of food irradiation. The practice of […] Read More >>
American Herbal Products Association – Regulatory Updates: Meeting and Webcast Scheduled – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.ahpa.org/ FDA to Discuss Importer Provisions at Meeting and Webcast Scheduled for March 29 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will host an all-day, public meeting in Silver Spring, Md., and […] Read More >>
CFIA – Regulatory Updates: Additional Import Controls in Place for Food Products from Japan – April 7, 2011
April 7, 2011 By
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml Additional import controls in place for food products from Japan OTTAWA, March 23, 2011 : The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), in collaboration with the Canada Border Services Agency […] Read More >>
Dicentra Special Alert – Update
March 31, 2011 By
  The NHPD has confirmed that the 11 Schedule F Ingredient Regulatory Amendments previously expected this spring have been deferred to the fall of 2011 due to the current election. […] Read More >>
A Summary of Hepatotoxicity of Health Products
March 25, 2011 By
  Ashleigh Hampton, MSc. March 21, 2011 Note – the following is a summary adapted from the Ministry of Health’s Draft Guidance Document titled “Hepatotoxicity of Health Products” Background Hepatotoxicity […] Read More >>
Amendments to the Food and Drug Regulation – Revised Labelling Regulations for Food Allergens, Gluten Sources and Sulphites
March 22, 2011 By
  The following outlines the revised compliance requirements for prepackaged products and provides an outline of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) implementation plan Compliance Coming into Effect After August […] Read More >>
Safety Update: Synephrine
March 16, 2011 By
  There has been speculation that synephrine, a constituent naturally found in bitter orange (Citrus aurantium), may be associated with adverse cardiovascular or central nervous system effects. There are 2 […] Read More >>
RAPS – Regulatory Updates: Excutive development – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.raps.org/education-training/executive-development/ RAPS Executive Development 18% Average time spent by regulatory professionals at all levels on business functions. 25% Time spent by regulatory directors on business functions (up 4% from 2008). Read More >>
CRN – Regulatory Updates: New Voluntary Industry-Driven Stability Testing Tool – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.crnusa.org CRN BACKS NEW VOLUNTARY INDUSTRY-DRIVEN STABILITY TESTING TOOL The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), the dietary supplement industry’s leading trade association, today announced its support of the release of […] Read More >>
Natural Products Association – Regulatory Updates: Dietary Guidelines – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.npainfo.org/index.php US Dietary Guidelines: 2010 version is very much focused on tackling the US’s near pandemic overweight and obesity problem and so salt, fat and sugar reduction feature prominently. https://www.cnpp.usda.gov/dietary-guidel Read More >>
CCTFA – Regulatory Updates: Skin Care Ingredient – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.cctfa.ca/site/cctfa/ On January 26th, 2011, the U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) released a report for review on the skin care ingredient, retinyl palmitate (vitamin A palmitate), by the NTP Board […] Read More >>
EFSA – Regulatory Updates: Food Sweeteners – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.efsa.europa.eu Food Sweeteners: EFSA’s Panel on Food additives and nutrient sources added to food (ANS) will discuss two recent studies on artificial sweeteners at its next meeting on 1-3 February […] Read More >>
CHFA – Regulatory Updates – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.chfa.ca Food-Like NHPs Joint Technical Working Group: To assist CHFA in providing constructive feedback and guiding the CHFA position on various issues, we are pleased to partner with the Food […] Read More >>
Competition Bureau – Regulatory Updates: “Product of Canada” and “Made un Canada” – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/h_00000.html   Changes made to “Product of Canada” and “made in Canada” claims Product of Canada claim will not be challenged by the Bureau provided that: * 1) the last […] Read More >>
NHPD – Regulatory Updates: Quarterly Report – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/prodnatur/index-eng.php Quarterly Report (October 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010) During this quarter, a total of 3017 PLAs were completed, 49% (1477) of these completions resulted in product licences, 46% […] Read More >>
CFIA – Regulatory Updates: Compliance and Enforcement Operational Policy – March 7, 2011
March 7, 2011 By
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/toce.shtml Updated Compliance and Enforcement Operational Policy and publication of CFIA enforcement activities The updated policy, which will be available on CFIA’s website by February 25, 2011, confirms the CFIA& Read More >>

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