I’m giving the opening keynote address at this meeting at 4:15 p.m. It’s also online. For information, registration, and online access, click here.
My talk: “The Elements: Food, Nutrition, Health & Politics, 2025 Style.”
The FDA has sent a warning letter to a supplement manufacturer, Europharma, to cease and desist making health claims for several of its products. The company, says the FDA, is promoting these products
for conditions that cause the products to be drugs under section 201(g)(1)(B) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act…because they are intended for use in the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease.
What’s interesting about this is that the focus is on what the articles say, not what is stated on the website. This is a new approach for FDA and it will be interesting to see if it works.
According to FoodNavigator.com, Europharma is filing objections, is not admitting wrongdoing, but has removed links to the offending literature from its website.
Progress?