Ingredient Safety

Today, the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to a Citizen Petition from the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) asking FDA to revoke the use of the colorant titanium dioxide (TiO2) in foods, including dietary supplements.

CHPA’s SVP of Dietary Supplements, Duffy MacKay, responds to reporting on a recent research letter published in JAMA finding that 22 out of 25 melatonin products analyzed were mislabeled, containing variable amounts of the ingredient:

New online resource aims to help consumers better understand what information to look for on the Supplement Facts label when shopping for dietary supplements.

Here are the Federal Register notice summary excerpts that might be of interest to you or others within your organization. Please see notices for complete details.

ACI and CHPA praise FDA for announcing the withdrawal of its temporary guidance for the manufacturing of alcohol-based hand sanitizer products.