Slashfood reports that Energy Brands, Inc., which does business as Glaceau, makers of the popular functional beverage Vitaminwater, has filed suit against Pepsico, owners of newbe competitor SoBe LifeWater.

In this press release issued today, the FTC reports that marketers of Pedia Loss, a children’s weight-loss product, and Fabulously Feminine, a female libido enhancement product, have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they made false and misleading claims about their products.

Codex has launched a searchable web-based database of its General Standard for Food Additives. Only the food additives listed are permitted for use in foods, and only food additives that have been evaluated by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and found acceptable for use in foods are included in this standard.

Archer Daniels Midland a/k/a "supermarket to the world" has sued Sabinsa Corporation, a maker of nutritional ingredients, for patent infringement related to patents that ADM licenses from Novogen.

Willamette Valley Vineyards has won approval from the US Treasury's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (formerly the ATF) to label its 2002 Barrel Select Pinot Noir with the wine's resveratrol content.

This past week a jury in Portland awarded $10.8M to the plaintiffs in a legal malpractice suit that originally stemmed from claims that Poland Spring water was mislabeled as "spring water" when in fact it comes from a well, not a spring.

The Project On Emerging Nanotechnologies was established in April 2005 as a partnership between the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Dietary supplement manufacturers and retailers looking for a great deal on valuable trademarks and domain names take heed! A bankruptcy sale has been scheduled for April 19, 2006 at 10:00 am in the case In re: Diet Depot, Inc..

The House Committee on Government Reform, chaired by Rep. Tom Davis, held hearings last week on the regulation of dietary supplements under DSHEA, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act.

In a controversy stemming from tarrifs, not safety, Cosmetics & Toiletries Magazine reports that in case filed by a manufacturer of ayurvedic products, a New Delhi court ruled that products containing medicinal content and aimed at curing certain ailments would be classified as medicaments and not cosmetics.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reports in this article entitled Supplement maker defends product in court that the trial in Health Canada v. Truehope Nutritional Support Ltd.

The latest rumor on Capitol Hill is that the FDA's current acting commissioner, Andrew von Eschenbach, will soon be nominated to take over the job permanently.

Lee Peeler, Deputy Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, testified yesterday before the House Committee on Government Reform regarding FTC complaints against dietary supplement companies.

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that restitution and disgorgement are equitable remedies available under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act. See US v.

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On March 16, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. EST the National Nutritional Foods Association in conjunction with the US Dept. of Commerce presents Selling Nutritional Supplements in China: The Market, Regulations & Best Practices for Success, a live 1 1/2 hour webinar.

Let's begin with a definition of "functional foods" provided by the Institute of Food Technologists: foods and food components that provide a health benefit beyond basic nutrition (for the intended population).

Supplement maker Formulated Sciences, Inc. has settled its suit against the NFL. The Orange County, California company sued the National Football League and the National Football League Players Association for libeling and boycotting its products.

Attorneys General from Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia announced a $5 million consent agreement with Berkeley.

We previously reported here about a study performed by two professors from the College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University, Karen Russo France, Ph.D.