Food manufacturing processes and procedures can at times lead to degradation, removal or omission of nutrients typically found in the...

The concept of creating exercise in a pill, which in theory would allow for loss of body fat without a diet or exercise intervention, has...

In response to the increase in caffeinated dietary supplements in the marketplace and public health risks associated with oral intakes of...

On March 28, 2018, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue made an an announcement that new plant varieties produced using genome...

Does the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have the regulatory tools and experience necessary to regulate cell-cultured “meat”? In a...

The term “phytonutrient” is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “a bioactive plant-derived compound (such as resveratrol)...

The proposed rule for the National Bioengineered Food Disclosure Standard (NBFDS) was recently released by the Agricultural Marketing...

“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” — Hippocrates of Cos (ca.460 BC – ca. 370 BC) The Drug-Like Properties of Foods Many...

Ten cases of virulent Newcastle disease (vND) have been confirmed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in backyard...

The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is the home to the National Center for Natural Products Research (NCNPR), a division of the...

You would think any application of the GRAS1 process would be a legitimate pathway to federal compliance unless expressly prohibited by...

The cosmetics industry has been largely self-regulating since passage of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938; however, the proposed...

In 2016, sports nutrition dietary supplements sales in the United States (U.S.) totaled $5.7 billion dollars, which was approximately...

The week of November 13, 2017, is notable because FDA released two documents relating to guidance for conclusions of GRAS1 status and...

In Burdock Group’s February newsletter, we discussed key requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), such as Food Safety...

At the University of Central Florida (UCF) College of Medicine, researchers have found a link between rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and...

A newsletter article published in the Burdock Advisor a year ago1 described an existential threat to the AAFCO system of approval of Feed...

In case you were not already overwhelmed with the acronyms used in the food industry and associated regulations, the Food Safety...

Is there a regulation or order related to food that you would like the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue, amend or revoke?...

Quantity & Quality of Evidence The first, “Regulatory Framework,” brings up some interesting issues, if not in a slightly overbearing...