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FTC Files Suit Against Marketer of Acai Supplements
September 22nd 2010The Federal Trade Commission (FTC; Washington, DC) will formally announce a lawsuit next Monday against a marketer of acai berry supplements for weight loss and colon cleansing, according to a press release posted yesterday on FTC...s website.
Weight-Loss Drink Ad Banned in UK
September 22nd 2010In response to complaints from television viewers, the United Kingdom...s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned an ad for weight-loss beverage Optislim. The agency says that the drink...s television ad infers that consumers can use the drink to lose weight in lieu of exercising.
Consumer Advocate Seeks Ban of Weight Loss Pill Meridia
September 21st 2010The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen (Washington, DC) announced yesterday that it is petitioning FDA to pull the weight loss pill Meridia off of the U.S. market, according to AP News. Meridia is a name-brand sibutramine pill manufactured by Abbot Laboratories (Abbot Park, IL). Public Citizen cites a 10,000 patient study, known as the SCOUT study, in which higher risks of heart problems were connected to the drug. The group also claims that 84 deaths related to the drug have been reported to FDA since June.
Update from EFSA June Stakeholder Meeting
September 17th 2010Ever since the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA; Parma, Italy) published its second batch of general health claims in February, much of the industry had been waiting for last week...s stakeholders meeting, where EFSA intended to clarify its procedures and offer advice on claims substantiation.
FDA Analysis Motivates Recall of Weight Loss Supplement
September 16th 2010J & H Besta Corp. (Hicksville, NY) has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of its Slim-30 herbal supplement after the Food and Drug Administration (Rockville, MD) confirmed trace amounts of N-Desmethyl Sibutramine and Sibutramine in the weight loss supplement. Sibutramine is an FDA-approved drug for weight loss. Slim-30 contains Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida), sickle-pod seed (Senna obtusifolia), oyster shell, and sacred lotus leaf (Nelumbo nucifera), according to the company...s website.
Phase 2 Ingredient May Aid Weight Loss
September 1st 2010Wu X et al., “Enhanced weight loss from a dietary supplement containing standardized Phaseolus vulgaris extract in overweight men and women,” Journal of Applied Research, vol. 10, no. 2 (2010): 73-79.A 60-day, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study investigated the weight-loss effects of Phase 2 Carb Controller, an ingredient by Pharmachem Laboratories (Kearny, NJ) extracted from white kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
EFSA Schedules Consultation on Gut Health and Immune Function Health Claims
August 12th 2010As part of the European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA; Parma, Italy) ongoing series of public consultations on health claims guidance, the agency has announced that it will hold a meeting on scientific requirements for gut health and immune function health claims on December 2, 2010, in Amsterdam.
Why Can't We All Just Eat Healthy?
August 17th 2009By law, the USDA and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) team up every five years to evaluate the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines are the set of nutritional rules that lie behind the federal government's food programs, including the National School Lunch Program; the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; the Healthy People initiative; and the Food Pyramid, to name a few.
