New Dietary Ingredient Notifications: Top 3 NDI Notification Mistakes
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Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20075 min read
Food Factoids
Licorice Provides More Than Health Benefits – When most of us think of licorice, we visualize the confection found at the supermarket. ...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20073 min read
AER Law Takes Effect December 2007
The Dietary Supplement and Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act, also known as the “AER law,” requires dietary supplement and...
Burdock Group Consultants
Nov 1, 20072 min read
Sugar and Spice … And Stevia! Artificial sweeteners start to make way for natural alternatives
Americans are sweet on health-conscious diets these days. The demand for sweet-tasting, low-calorie and sugar-free foods and beverages...
Burdock Group Consultants
Sep 1, 20073 min read
Health Claims – FDA’s Evidence-Based Pathway to Success
Lately, grocery shoppers are less inclined to select the cheapest item on the shelf or purchase on the basis of brand or label...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jul 1, 20073 min read
Structure / Function Claims: Not Just for Supplements Anymore
Traditionally, when a regulator, a consultant, or an ingredient marketer thought of “claims,” they pigeon-holed them into two broad...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jul 1, 20073 min read
Indirect Additive or GRAS Ingredient?
The case of Monsanto v. Kennedy forever established the fact that food contact materials (such as packaging ingredients) obey the Second...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20072 min read
Preliminary safety assessment without specific toxicology data
Members of the food industry may hesitate to develop a particular flavoring agent for which they know or suspect there is very little...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20072 min read
Nutraceuticals – What is the real story?
When we hear the term nutraceutical bounced around, many of us also think of dietary supplements or functional foods. However, the term,...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20072 min read
Flavonoids: Novel food sources and potential health benefits
Today’s health-conscientious consumers are constantly in search of the newest “elixir” to fight aging and disease. Consequently, there...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20063 min read
Regulating Botanical Drugs
In the United States, a botanical product can be a food, a dietary supplement, or a drug, and botanicals have a long history of use in...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20063 min read
Nanotoxicology: A Question of Oxidative Stress
There is general agreement among nanotechnologists that the toxicity of some nanosized particles (NSPs) can be characterized by the...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20062 min read
Keeping the Holiday Season Joyous for Pets Too
During this time of year, many of us are preoccupied decorating our homes and planning for get-togethers with family and friends. While...
Burdock Group Consultants
Sep 1, 20064 min read
Women’s Health and Functional Foods
The concept of functional foods dates back to the time of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who said, “Let food be thy medicine and...
Burdock Group Consultants
Sep 1, 20064 min read
Food Nanotechnology
The word “nanotechnology” has evolved beyond a buzzword for marketers and entrepreneurs. Nanotechnology (often abbreviated “nanotech”) in...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20065 min read
Dietary Supplements – A Special Case of Regulations
According to the 1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), a dietary supplement is a “product taken by mouth that...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20062 min read
Binge on Berries for Better Health
Berries have been part of our diet since time immemorial, as there are historical accounts of indigenous ancestral “hunter-gatherers”...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20063 min read
The Common Cold Fact Sheet
If you were lucky enough to avoid an episode of the common cold this winter, the odds are that you will “catch one” soon. In the course...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20062 min read
Front-Page News Flashes on Fiber
Dietary fiber made front-page news flashes again during the past couple of months, raising the question: “Is it really worth the effort...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20063 min read
Dietary Supplements – Second Class Safety? Part I
When Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Heath & Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, the intent was to give consumers the option to...
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