by Joel Rothman | Jul 1, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Following up on a post from June 30, the question of consumer confidence in nutritional supplements arises again. The Times-Herald reports that many supplements have quality problems. No one knows just how many of 40,000 products underdeliver on the goods listed...
by Joel Rothman | Jun 30, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Anne Hart has lots of questions about the quality and safety of nutritional supplements, 19 questions to be exact. They revolve around product integrity, contamination, mislabeling (think sibutramine), FDA oversight and so on. A nutrition columnist for Examiner.com,...
by Joel Rothman | Jun 24, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Manufacturers beware. Your regulatory problems may not be over when you pull a product from the store shelves. Matrixx Initiatives Inc. recalled its Zicam products on June 16 and three days later the Securities & Exchange Commission sent a letter of inquiry. The...
by Joel Rothman | May 12, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Get ready for the not-so-kind-and-gentle FDA when it comes to food safety. The agency took abuse from politicians and consumer advocates over its handling of peanut and pistachio contamination earlier this year. Possibly to avoid a third hit, the agency moved swiftly...
by Joel Rothman | Mar 23, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Looking to promote the safety of your product? Tout the fact that your children’s bath and shampoo products do not contain formaldehyde. In a recent test, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics found 23 children’s bath products that that may cause cancer and skin...