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AHPA urges lawmakers to expand complementary and alternative medicine options for veterans

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) today sent letters to lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate to express support for legislation that would expand complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) options for the nation's veterans.

International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplements Associations (IADSA) June newsletter now available

The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplements Associations (IADSA), an association focused on the globalization of food supplement markets and regulatory challenges, is providing AHPA members with the latest international supplement regulation news through theIADSA Newsflash, a monthly newsletter.

AHPA expresses concern about focused mitigation strategies and support for broad mitigation strategies

The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments last week that urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to significantly modify its proposed rule implementing the "Focused Mitigation Strategies to Protect Food Against Intentional Adulteration" requirements established by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).

July 2014 AHPA Report

Congressional Outlook by Pete Evich, AHPA National Legislative Consultant and much more...

Federal judge approves consent decree with New York dietary supplement maker (FDA)

A federal judge in New York has signed a consent decree for permanent injunction between the United States and Mira Health Products Ltd., a dietary supplement manufacturer located in Farmingdale, New York, and Michael S. Ragno and Michael S. Ragno, Jr.

BMJ corrects column on MHRA's "traditional herbal registration" (BMJ)

AHPA NDI Database

Searchable database of New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications submitted to FDA

AHPA's NDI database provides searchable access to new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in dietary supplements.

L'Oréal settles FTC charges alleging deceptive advertising for anti-aging cosmetics (FTC)

Cosmetics company L'Oréal USA, Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges of deceptive advertisingabout its Lancôme Génifique and L'Oréal Paris Youth Code skincare products. According to the FTC's complaint, L'Oréal made false and unsubstantiated claims that its Génifique and Youth Code products provided anti-aging benefits by targeting users' genes.

Producer of drug-spiked products masquerading as dietary supplements sentenced in federal court (FDA)

Nikki Haskell, the owner and chief executive officer of Balanced Health Products (BHP), has been sentenced by a United States magistrate judge in Manhattan federal court to a $60,000 fine for distributing dietary supplements that contained a prescription drug.

District Court enters permanent injunction against California firm for alleged cGMP violations (DOJ)

The Justice Department announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Otis D. Wright II of the Central District of California entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against GM Manufacturing Inc. (GMM) and Mao L. Yang, Mary Chen and David Yang on Friday, June 20, 2014, to prevent the distribution of adulterated dietary supplements.
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