This from the 10/10/05 edition of the NNFA Supplement email newsletter: In an effort to draw attention to adverse event reporting (AER) for dietary supplements, Sen.

An article in yesterday's New York Times discusses the release of a state task force report recommending that NY take a role in overseeing the dietary supplement industry.

CNN article here. The FTC has previously investigated the company who made Dr. Phil's supplements, CSA Neutraceuticals, LP, but closed the investigation after the company agreed to stop making certain claims.

"Federal agents raided the laboratory and home of Patrick Arnold, a Champaign chemist who authorities believe created one of the steroids at the heart of the BALCO sports doping scandal, the San Francisco Chronicle reported Friday.

This just in from the FDA: September 2005 (#10) IN THIS ISSUE: 1. FDA's Letter to Food Manufacturers on "and/or" Ingredient Labeling of Nutritive Sweeteners in Soft Drink Products.

For the article, click here. The FTC case file is here. Update: Utah Daily Chronicle, "Former nutrition professor pays for not supporting claims."

In an attempt to resolve the 300+ ephedra injury claims in the Metabolife Bankruptcy, settlement counsel for Metabolife and non-coordinating counsel for plaintiffs hashed out a global settlement that was dependent on conditional class certification.

The federal Organic Food Products Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. §§6501 et seq. (“OFPA”), created a certification scheme for organic products that is implemented by the National Organic Program (NOP) of the US Dept.

Confusion, or lack thereof, is a vitally important concept in trademark law. Proving your client’s mark may be confused with an infringer’s mark is critical to prevailing on an infringement claim.

The McClain decision is a watershed for counsel defending dietary supplement manufacturers in products liability cases. In almost all such cases, the plaintiff relies upon expert testimony to make a causal connection between the ingredients in a supplement and his or her alleged injuries.

Welcome friends to the first legal weblog devoted entirely to the nutitional supplement industry. This first post will give you the what and why of this blog, as in what I am going to write about here and why I am writing it.