by Joel Rothman | Oct 31, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
The FDA has been busy this past month, sending out warning letters left and right on a variety of topics. Here they are in brief: This warning letter attacks a purportedly novel type of hand sanitizer called SkinWear that claims to work for up to 8 hours without...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 27, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Ric Hobby spoke at the CRN Conference last week on the state of international supplement regulation with a particular focus on European regulatory efforts. Ric directed most of his talk on the work of the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 26, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
David Vladeck, Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection spoke at the Council for Responsible Nutrition Conference on the FTC’s “active” dietary supplement enforcement agenda. Dir. Vladeck began by highlighting recent FTC...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 25, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D. gave the keynote speech to the Council for Responsible Nutrition Conference. Dr. Sharfstein expressed a willingness to work with supplement industry members and received a warm welcome from industry members...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 25, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
I just returned from the annual Conference of the Council for Responsible Nutrition at the Terranea Resort in Racho Palos Verdes, California. Speakers on the agenda included a variety of supplement industry heavyweights and important government regulators. I will be...
by Joel Rothman | Oct 13, 2009 | NutriSupLaw
Pepsi, maker of the AMP Energy drink, has ventured into new territory by marketing its energy supplement drink with an iPhone application to appeal to young guys “out on the prowl.” So far the response has been, to quote Pepsi’s apologetic Twitter...