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 China State Administration for Market Research has revised the claims catalogue to remove three claims – the 24 remaining claims will be slightly modified.
• Switzerland and Korea are reassessing the use of titanium dioxide as a food ingredient following its ban in the European Union.
• Korea is proposing changes to its health function food code to add a function for ginseng and to remove aloe whole leaf.
• Singapore recently updated its Health Supplement Guidelines.
• European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is calling for data on pullulan, including safety evaluation, technical data, information on the production organism, use levels, biological and toxicological data.
• French safety agency ANSES will be undertaking an assessment on botanicals reported in the national nutrivigilance system to determine the need for specific safety assessments.
• UK is also reassessing the toxicity of titanium dioxide due to concerns about the EU assessment that resulted in its ban.
• South Africa has updated its guidelines concerning registration of complementary medicines containing cannabidiol.
• Colombia, Costa Rica, and Ecuador have new regulations regarding production of hemp.
• Belarus has banned imports of supplement products from certain Western countries until July 2022.

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