Emerging International Markets for Dietary Supplements
08/25/2009 -
Implementation of regulatory initiatives in the United States, including GMPs and serious AER tracking, holds potential to expand the global market to U.S. producers, provided there is a level import/export playing field.
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CODEX Rejects Precautionary Exclusion … Again
05/07/2007 - PARIS— In proceedings held here April 3, the full Codex Committee of General Principles (CCGP) again rejected the inclusion into a new draft of a precautionary principle, which would have allowed governments to take certain preventive measures for foods in cases where scientific evidence on the safety of the food is uncertain. The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations...
Setting the Record Straight
01/09/2006 - Setting the Record Straight by John P. Venardos I am sure that when former Vice President Al Gore “invented” the Internet, he did not intend its worldwide reach to foster the dissemination of misinformation. Unfortunately, that is exactly what has occurred recently concerning international trade in dietary supplements, financed in part by companies that are not strangers to regulatory enforcement...