http://www.ahpa.org/ AHPA’s Dentali Attends NCCAM Stakeholder Roundtable The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) held a Stakeholder Roundtable on Tuesday, April 26, on the National Institutes of Health […] Read More >>
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ EFSA rolls out re-organisation programme to meet demands, optimise resources May 2, 2011 The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has begun rolling out its re-organisation programme, making best use […] Read More >>
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  A recent study published last week in the British Medical Journal by Bollard et al. suggests that calcium supplementation with or without vitamin D increases the risk of cardiovascular […] Read More >>
April 11, 2011 Dietary Supplements: Aristolochic Acid: FDA Concerned About Botanical Products, Including Dietary Supplements, Containing Aristolochic Acid The agency has issued a Consumer Advisory and sent updated letters to […] Read More >>
http://www.naturalproductsinsider.com/ April 7, 2011 Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have increased dramatically over the past decade, according to new research from the […] Read More >>
http://www.raps.org/personifyebusiness/ tabid/342/Default.aspx Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reported to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have increased dramatically over the past decade, according to new research from the University of […] Read More >>
http://www.crnusa.org/ WASHINGTON, D.C., April 13, 2011—In response to a new government report on dietary supplement usage among U.S. adults from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health […] Read More >>
http://www.npainfo.org/index.php?src Dietary Supplement Industry Hosts First Dietary Supplement Caucus Briefing for the 112th Congress Congressional Staffers Learn about the Wide-ranging Benefits of Dietary Supplements WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Congressiona Read More >>
http://www.efsa.europa.eu/ EFSA’s NDA Panel[1] has published the outcome of the evaluations of a fourth series of ‘general function’ health claims[2] proposed for use on food products. The 442 claims assessed […] Read More >>
http://www.ahpa.org/ Dietary Supplement Industry Hosts First Dietary Supplement Caucus Briefing for the 112th Congress The Congressional Dietary Supplement Caucus (DSC), in cooperation with the leading trade associations representing the dietary […] Read More >>
  The follPrepared by Candice Cryne, M.Sc., Scientific Regulatory Associate, Dicentra Inc. What is Kava? Kava is the South Pacific herb Piper methysticum G. Forster, and the parts most commonly […] Read More >>
  A recent study published in Molecular Food and Nutrition Research demonstrated that a unique Arabica coffee, formulated with roasted and unroasted coffee beans, significantly increased the antioxidant status of […] Read More >>
  The term ‘natural health product’ calls to mind ideas of safe and harmonious remedies that do not carry the kind of adverse effects that we have come to expect […] Read More >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
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 >>