Key items to consider when procuring or upgrading supplement production equipment include type of finished product, GMP compliance and cost.

While ‘natural flavor’ is legally defined, brands must also consider the ramifications of a characterizing flavor.

Energy and sports drinks are among the fastest-growing categories of the beverage market, seen as functional products with novel ingredients and healthier-positioned alternatives.

FDA’s FSMA offers companies challenging yet vital compliance rules and regulations.

With the new, booming CBD market still taking shape, companies must engage in GMPs to ensure they stay on the right side of the law.

FDA says general inflammation claims from supplements and foods are illegal because chronic inflammation is a disease state.

SupplySide and Natural Products INSIDER leaders Heather Granato and Jon Benninger look back at the law that spurred large growth in the supplement industry.

In announcing new warning letter on CBD product disease claims, FDA suggested it is speeding up its search for a regulatory pathway for CBD in supplements.

After a relatively quiet 2017-2018, FDA seems as vigilant as ever in its GMP audits of supplement brands.

Brands are responsible for ensuring their products meet regulatory requirements. Critical to achieving regulatory compliance is testing. Many brand owners partner with contract laboratories, but forming the right testing lab partnerships requires...