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New supplement laws phased in. (goodnews).(dietary supplements, Canada)(Brief Article)
Dietary supplements and similar natural products sold in Canada will be regulated by the government under new laws to be phased in over the next 6 years. Health Canada--which functions much like the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)--will oversee a licensing process that requires detailed information about a product's medicinal and non-medicinal ingredients, source, potency and recommended use.
Approved products will bear a license number on their labels, which are also being standardized to include safety and efficacy information. Herbs, homeopathic substances, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, amino acids, essential fatty acids and so-called traditional medicines are all included under the new regulations.
In the United States, most natural products fall under the 1994 Dietary Supplements Health Education Act, which contains no licensing provisions. The National Nutritional Foods Association, a nonprofit trade ...
- Roll joins USP as a director. (Supplements News).(David Roll named director of...
- Magazine article from: Chain Drug Review October 28, 2002 700+ words
David Roll joined the United States Pharmacopeia (USP) last month as director of dietary supplements--a role in which he will oversee...efforts in creating standards for dietary supplements. Prior to joining USP Roll was a...
- Insight to Vitamins and Dietary Supplements Industry in the United States.
- Press release article from: Business Wire November 21, 2005 700+ words
...addition of Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in the USA to their offering. The Vitamins and Dietary Supplements in the United States report offers a comprehensive...coverage: vitamins, dietary supplements, tonics and bottled...
- GMPs will be key issue for supplements in 2003. (Dietary Supplements).(good...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Wallace, Phil January 6, 2003 700+ words
...proposed under the new policy since the agency had steadfastly maintained since 1999 that Pearson only applied to dietary supplements. Adverse event reports With additional funding from Congress, FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition...
- Group asks USDA to recognize organic herbal supplements.(Dietary...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Wallace, Phil October 18, 2004 700+ words
...misclassifies organically grown herbal dietary supplements as "nonagricultural products...s scope. The draft states that dietary supplements do not qualify to be included...McGuffin told Food Chemical News. "Dietary supplements are defined by federal law as foods...
- AHPA takes agency to task on alleged Web inaccuracies.(Dietary...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Wallace, Phil October 18, 2004 700+ words
...the agency's Web site concerning dietary supplements. In language that follows the agency...that exist on documents related to dietary supplements and that are currently accessible...criticizing show any agency bias toward dietary supplements, McGuffin said some older agency...
- FDA warns companies about selling illegal steroid products as dietary...
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals World May 1, 2006 700+ words
...products and disguising them as dietary supplements. The agency said the continued...products, which are marketed as dietary supplements and promoted for building muscle...illegal steroids masquerading as dietary supplements. "The fact that the FDA letters...
- Myths & facts. (Dietary Supplements).(Dietary Supplement Health and Education...
- Magazine article from: USA Today (Magazine) February 1, 2002 700+ words
...myths and facts about them: Myth: Dietary supplements are virtually unregulated. Fact...government to assure the safety of dietary supplements as well as the accuracy of their...has the same powers to regulate dietary supplements as the agency exercises over commonly...
- Dietary Supplements Worth $1.3 Million Condemned and Forfeited to the United...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire May 12, 2009 700+ words
...amp; Drug Administration: Dietary Supplements Worth $1.3 Million Condemned and Forfeited to the United States Under Consent Decree; FDA alleged...about $1.3 million worth of dietary supplements. 'The court order is the result...
- ODS releases five-year plan.(Top of the News)(United States. National...
- Magazine article from: Nutraceuticals World March 1, 2004 700+ words
The Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), Bethesda, MD...Strategic Plan for the Office of Dietary Supplements: 2004-2009." For the...scientific information about dietary supplements. Specifically, ODS' goals...
- Senate inaction on Crawford nomination concerns industry.(DIETARY...
- Newspaper article from: Food Chemical News Wallace, Phil June 27, 2005 700+ words
While largely reluctant to publicly wade into the churning political waters, dietary supplement and conventional food sources are privately expressing concerns about Senate inaction on the nomination of Lester Crawford to be FDA commissioner. Despite a June 15 vote of the Senate Health, Education