To understand why Sen. John McCain introduced a bill on dietary supplements, read the press releases. The legislation announced Feb. 3  addresses public safety, but mostly it’s about the reputation and revenue of professional and Olympic sports. The evidence: McCain says in the release that “a little over a year ago the NFL suspended six [...]

Your’s truly is featured in a front page article in today’s National Law Journal by Jenna Greene entitled “Rule Reversal: Obama’s agencies after one year.”  The article provides a look at six key regulatory areas since Obama took office. On the topic of the FDA and regulation of dietary supplements, I am quoted as saying: [...]

David Frum could have lowered his rhetorical blood pressure in his CNN.com guest commentary on the evils of dietary supplement marketing by reading the FTC regulations that go into effect on Tuesday. His column then would have begun: The party is over Dec. 1.

Ric Hobby spoke at the CRN Conference last week on the state of international supplement regulation with a particular focus on European regulatory efforts.  Ric directed most of his talk on the work of the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations, of which CRN is a member. The three European issues where IADSA has been [...]

David Vladeck, Director of the Federal Trade Commission Bureau of Consumer Protection spoke at the Council for Responsible Nutrition Conference on the FTC’s “active” dietary supplement enforcement agenda.

FDA Principal Deputy Commissioner Joshua M. Sharfstein, M.D. gave the keynote speech to the Council for Responsible Nutrition Conference yesterday. Dr. Sharfstein expressed a willingness to work with supplement industry members and received a warm welcome from industry members in return.