AHPA is an active member of IADSA and is distributing the IADSA Newsflash as a member benefit. IADSA is an association focused on the globalization of food supplement markets and regulatory challenges. This issue of the IADSA Newsflash covers:

• The ongoing challenge of developing workable regulations for food supplement claims
• China is currently undertaking a cleanup of its healthcare industry following the death of a pediatric cancer patient taking herbal products
• India issued a final decision to discontinue use of 14 food supplement ingredients due to lack of information supporting safe use in India for 15 years
• Taiwan has made progress toward the legal recognition of food supplements as a product category
• The EU has banned yohimbe and its preparations after it was put under scrutiny in 2015
• The EU is consulting on regulatory limits for pyrrolizidine alkaloids in teas, honey, and food supplement products
• Extracts of hemp containing cannabinoids such as cannabidiol are classified as novel foods in the EU
• The EC has suspended claims for red yeast rice products pending a decision on the safety of the product
• France is considering a ban on titanium dioxide pending a safety review of nanoparticles

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