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...

In the two previous editions of the Burdock Group Advisor, the authors described the differences in dietary supplement claim regulation...

Claims on the content of antioxidants in products have been increasing as the public becomes more aware of their function. At their most...

This article is the second in a series of articles describing similarities and differences between claim regulation in the U.S. and in...

In the United States (U.S.), several different types of claims can be made for dietary supplement ingredients (depending on the...

No over-the-counter (OTC) drug or dietary supplement manufacturer wants a consumer to sicken, become incapacitated or otherwise be harmed...

Stevia, the all-natural sweetener and sugar-substitute, is derived from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana shrub native to Parquay and...

Historically, Europe has been reluctant to authorize genetically modified crops for use in feed. However, some forms of genetically...

There is some confusing discussion in the public literature about how the FDA’s Center for Veterinary Medicine (FDA-CVM) regulates animal...

Congressional ire, in response to some well-publicized dietary supplement abuses, has given the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released draft guidance on December 4, 2009 for liquid dietary supplements.[1] The purpose of this...

Recent developments underscore the importance of conducting high quality clinical studies for claims substantiation.  In a recent $5.5...

New questions have arisen concerning the approval of substances as dietary supplements which may have first been the subject of an...

To meet the unabated increase in demand for nutritious food, geneticists are reinventing plant varieties that contain higher amounts of...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is currently evaluating the safety of all food additives that are approved for use in the...

The application of nanotechnology to food ingredients is inexorably progressing from “potentiality” to reality.  The decreased cost of...

On Friday, June 4, the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) published an announcement regarding a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS)...

On March 4, 2010, the General Accounting Office (GAO) released a report to the public titled, “FDA Should Strengthen Its Oversight of...

In December of 2009, the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) offered some “Guidance for Industry” relative to the use of...

Draft guidance[1] released December 4, 2009 by the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) addressed several issues, but one...