Consultant’s Corner: Kosher 101
Q: What is kosher food? A: Kosher is a set of biblical dietary guidelines followed by people of the Jewish faith, today it is followed by...
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Burdock Group Consultants
Sep 1, 20114 min read
Claims: The United States and European Perspective (Part 3)
In the two previous editions of the Burdock Group Advisor, the authors described the differences in dietary supplement claim regulation...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20115 min read
Defining Nutrients Are Some Antioxidants Left on the Sidelines? (Originally published in AgroFOOD)
Claims on the content of antioxidants in products have been increasing as the public becomes more aware of their function. At their most...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20115 min read
Claims: The United States and European Perspective (Part 2)
This article is the second in a series of articles describing similarities and differences between claim regulation in the U.S. and in...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20115 min read
Claims: The United States and European Perspective
In the United States (U.S.), several different types of claims can be made for dietary supplement ingredients (depending on the...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20115 min read
Adverse Event Reporting for Dietary Supplements and OTCs: What is required and when? How does postm
No over-the-counter (OTC) drug or dietary supplement manufacturer wants a consumer to sicken, become incapacitated or otherwise be harmed...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20101 min read
Food Factoid: Stevia
Stevia, the all-natural sweetener and sugar-substitute, is derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana shrub native to Parquay and...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20105 min read
European Authorization of Genetically Modified Maize for Animal Feed Use
Historically, Europe has been reluctant to authorize genetically modified crops for use in feed. However, some forms of genetically...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20105 min read
Dietary Supplements for Pets – Are They Drugs?
There is some confusing discussion in the public literature about how the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) regulates animal...
Burdock Group Consultants
Oct 1, 20105 min read
There’s a New Sheriff in Town, Are You Ready?
Congressional ire, in response to some well-publicized dietary supplement abuses, has given the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the...
Burdock Group Consultants
Oct 1, 20102 min read
Supplement Beverages or Conventional Foods?
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on December 4, 2009 for liquid dietary supplements.[1] The purpose of this...
Burdock Group Consultants
Oct 1, 20104 min read
Rx for Claim Substantiation – Part IV – Recent Developments
Recent developments underscore the importance of conducting high quality clinical studies for claims substantiation. In a recent $5.5...
Burdock Group Consultants
Oct 1, 20104 min read
DSHEA Post-IND: Can A Supplement Be Marketed After Its Inclusion in an IND?
New questions have arisen concerning the approval of substances as dietary supplements which may have first been the subject of an...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20103 min read
Reinventing Common Foods
To meet the unabated increase in demand for nutritious food, geneticists are reinventing plant varieties that contain higher amounts of...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20102 min read
Keep a Watchful Eye on Color Additives
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is currently evaluating the safety of all food additives that are approved for use in the...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20102 min read
Diverse Nanoparticle Use in Food Technology
The application of nanotechnology to food ingredients is inexorably progressing from “potentiality” to reality. The decreased cost of...
Burdock Group Consultants
Jun 1, 20107 min read
CVM GRAS Notification Finally Arrives
On Friday, June 4, the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) published an announcement regarding a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20104 min read
The GAO Report on GRAS: “Déjà vu all over again”
On March 4, 2010, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report to the public titled, “FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of...
Burdock Group Consultants
Mar 1, 20103 min read
Ingredient Approval Has Never Been a Blank Check
In December of 2009, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) offered some “Guidance for Industry” relative to the use of...
Burdock Group Consultants
Dec 1, 20093 min read
Banning Supplement Beverages May Jeopardize Consumer Safety
Draft guidance[1] released December 4, 2009 by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) addressed several issues, but one...
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