The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has filed suit against Coke and Energy Brands claiming that the companies make deceptive and unsubstantiated claims on the VitaminWater line of beverages. 

The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN), a nanotechnology trade group, has released a report questioning the ability of FDA to regulate the safety of dietary supplements using nanomaterials. 

FoodProcessing.com weighs in on 2009 trends to watch for functional foods and nutraceutical ingredients in this comprehensive article. Included among the predicted trends: Fiber (according to National Starch Food Innovation) Vitamin K (according to PL Thomas) Phytochemicals Botanicals To read the article, click here.

The baseball players blame the manufacturer. The league blames the players. Who is accountable when a professional athlete takes a banned substance supposedly without knowing it?

The FDA is coming down hard on diet pills in the the most popular month for weight loss. The agency  has more than doubled its list of dangerous diet products, warning consumers not to ingest them.

The Better Business Bureau has issued a nationwide warning cautioning consumers to be suspicious of online ads relying on celebrity endorsements to sell acai berry-related weight loss products.

Hansen Beverage, the California company that makes Monster, lost its bid to enjoin Vital Phamaceuticals (VPX), the Ft. Lauderdale maker of the Redline brand.  Hansen sought to bar VPX from making claims that its Redline Power Rush beverage and two ounce shot product provides “7 Hours of Pure Energy,” “7 Hours of Sustained Energy,” and “No Crash.”

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. recently joined with 32 other state attorneys general in announcing a landmark $7 million settlement with Airborne, Inc. that forces the company to stop advertisements that “dramatically misrepresented” its dietary supplements as cold remedies.

A recent European study found patients using homeopathic remedies over an eight year period showed substantial improvements in their physical and mental health. The multicenter, cohort study looked at 3,709 patients from 103 homeopathic primary care practices in Germany and Switzerland. 

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to The Coca-Cola Company, objecting to the labeling of their Diet Coke Plus product which describes the drink as "Diet Coke with Vitamins and Minerals."

Although Section 403(y) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. 343(y), does not require a dietary supplement label to include anything other than a domestic address or phone number for the responsible person, the FDA recommends that the label also bear a clear, prominent statement informing consumers that the domestic address or phone number is for reporting serious adverse events associated with use of the product.

The National Advertising Division (NAD) of the Council of Better Business Bureaus has recommended that General Mills modify or discontinue certain advertising claims for the company’s Yoplait Yo-Plus product.

A Utah-based operation that lured online customers with free samples of a purported weight-loss supplement in a scheme to obtain their credit or debit card information has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive and unfair marketing, and of violations of federal regulations governing the electronic transfer of funds.

The Federal Trade Commission announced it has approved publication of a Federal Register notice seeking public comments on proposed revisions to the Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.

The FTC announced 11 law enforcement actions challenging deceptive advertising of bogus cancer cures. The FTC charged the companies with making unsupported claims that their products cured or treated one or more types of cancer.

CFSAN issued this press release recently that announces the publication in the Federal Register of a notice (73 FR 43937; July 29, 2008) requesting comment on Section 912 of the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (FDAAA).

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has requested that FDA clarify its policy on products combining over-the-counter drugs and dietary supplement ingredients. To read the letter from AHPA to FDA, click here.

Your editor, dietary supplement regulatory attorney Joel Rothman, and seasoned supplement industry regulatory consultant Vincent Annunziata, in cooperation with the law firm of Seiden, Alder, Matthewman & Bloch, P.A.,

Your editor here at Nutrisuplaw.com and regulatory consultant Vincent Annunziata are quoted in a new article in ICIS Chemical Business on the new cGMP regulations for dietary supplement companies.

In a press release on the FDA website here, FDA announced the recall of twelve dietary supplements made by Herbal Science International, Inc., a/k/a Jen-On Herbal Science.