Just like the FDA says on its warnings and notifications page (here): “It is clear from the results of our decade of testing that retailers and distributors, including online marketplaces, do not effectively prevent these types of potentially harmful products from being sold to consumers. FDA cannot test all products on the market that contain […]
Jim Jones was appointed Deputy Commissioner for Human Foods in August 2023. Through the leadership of FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D., the overhaul of the FDA’s food program is getting well-deserved additional attention as it protects our food supply and dietary supplements. Under the new unified Human Foods Program (HFP) to be led by Jones, […]
Today FDA has warned consumers (here) that the products listed below that are offered for sale in the US contain undeclared active ingredients that can be dangerous for some users. This is not really a surprise as unscrupulous manufacturers and distributors try to cash in on patients with erectile disfunction or on users that merely […]
The FDA has just revised its MaPP 5014.1 titled Understanding CDER’s Risk‑Based Site Selection Model. Remember, MaPP stands for Manual of Policy and Procedures, and MaPPs instruct internal FDA staff on proper procedures. The FDA publishes these MaPPs to provide greater transparency to stakeholders so they can better understand how the Agency does something or […]
While we know there are probably thousands of unapproved drug products being marketed in the US, many of which claim to be dietary supplements which have undeclared drugs in their composition, the danger of these products cannot be understated. Just search the web for erectile disfunction products, weigh loss products, products claiming to prevent, cure […]
In recent years, there have been endless FDA actions on adulterated and/or misbranded dietary supplements. In addition, almost every week, there are warning letters or FDA public health announcements regarding dietary supplements released by the Agency. The FDA does not approve dietary supplements, but they do regulate them. This is a confusing area for the […]
Just one day after expressing my opinion that more needs to be done to enhance dietary supplement regulations and requirements, I found that the FTC recently revised an older guidance (from 1998) entitled Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide for Industry. The new guidance entitled Health Product Compliance Guidance (here), was issued on December 20, 2022 […]
Seemingly every day, there is news of a dietary supplement (DS) running afoul of regulations, either by containing a hidden drug ingredient or claiming the product is used in the cure, mitigation, or treatment of a disease, running afoul of the existing FDA dietary supplement regulations. Congress had the opportunity to redefine FDA oversight of […]
The dietary supplement market is notorious for issues associated with the inclusion of not-permitted ingredients in marketed supplements. Kratom is a recent poster child for this issue, but the erectile disfunction and weight loss markets both seem to have extraordinarily bad compliance and enforcement histories. These two disease states comprise the lion’s share of Warning […]
I must admit that the explosion in the CBD market surprised me. The Warning Letters have also been flying off of the computers at FDA with most addressing drug claims for such products. Maybe I have not seen this before in a Warning Letter, but the argument made in recent FDA Warning Letters regarding CBD […]
