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A subsidiary of Nestlé S.A., the world...s largest food and nutrition company, has agreed to drop allegedly deceptive advertising claims about the health benefits of its children...s drink BOOST Kid Essentials, as part of a settlement resolving the Federal Trade Commission...s first case challenging advertising for probiotics.

Cyvex Nutrition (Irvine, CA) has received Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) status for its BioVin(R) full spectrum grape extract and BioVin(R) 20 grape skin extract, according to a company announcement made yesterday. The successful GRAS status qualifies the extracts for safe used in a wide-range of functional foods and beverages. The process involved an intensive review of safety and toxicology data by an independent panel of qualified experts.

By unanimous vote, the U.S. Senate has passed S.3307, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which is reported to be the biggest financial increase for school lunch programs in recent decades.

Here’s a look at the trends currently championing nutrition bars and the bars that are executing them.

Up until July 13, the case for cultivating genetically modified organisms (GMOs) within the European Union (EU) was deadlocked: some member states support the practice (e.g., Spain and Britain), while others (e.g., Austria and France) have made moves against it.

With current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for dietary supplements now fully in place, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to conduct cGMP inspections of facilities of all sizes. As FDA inspectors hit the ground, so, too, are inspectors from NSF International (NSF; Ann Arbor, MI).

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While writing this issue's State of the Industry report, I recalled the parting line of my editor's page in our November/December issue last year: "Looks like we're headed into an action-packed 2010." And indeed, the dietary supplements industry has certainly seen its share of activity so far this year, positive and negative-from (for some) increasing sales and innovation to tighter regulations and media scrutiny.

Per usual, priorities in Washington are too numerous to count. But major legislation affecting the dietary supplement, food, and beverage industries has been waiting its turn. Here are some of the could-be laws awaiting votes in the Capitol. (As of July 2010)

On March 26, a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) directive on Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP) inspections made its way to agency field offices. Part III of the directive, known as the Dietary Supplement Compliance Program, or the Dietary Supplement-Import and Domestic Compliance Program, offers valuable insight on how inspectors will conduct dietary supplement cGMP inspections at both domestic and foreign dietary supplement firms.

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As dietary supplement companies reported their financial results this year, they seemed to confirm that despite a down economy, things are looking up. This year kicked off with increased business for many-not all, but many-signaling either recovery from 2009, or growing business that had never dropped off, even during the recession. (Read some positive reports in the sidebar.)

A cover story in Consumer Reports’ September issue questioning the safety of dietary supplements-and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ability to monitor the category-has industry on the defensive.

FDA principal deputy commissioner Joshua Sharfstein, MD, plans to return as a keynote speaker at The Conference, the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN; Washington, DC) annual symposium for the dietary supplement industry.

In late July, FDA held a teleconference highlighting the agency’s first seven months of experience using its new Reportable Food Registry.

Cyvex Nutrition is now offering Alfalfa 95%, a sodium copper chlorophyllin derived from alfalfa.