FDA Seeks Public Comment on New Calorie Labeling Regs
If you’ve been following the recent health care debate in the US, then you know that the bill that passed includes a requirement for chain restaurants with more than 20 locations to post calorie information on the menu. Care to offer the FDA some advice on how to implement the new requirement? The agency wants to hear from you. FDA Seeks Public Comment on New Federal Menu Labeling Requirements The U.S. Food and Drug...
The Makers of “Stiff Nights” Face Stiff Penalties
Sorry – I know it’s a terrible pun, but really… when it comes to sex supps with suggestive names, the jokes kinda write themselves. According to MLive.com: A Grand Rapids home searched by federal agents has ties to a company that distributes an herb-based sexual enhancement pill, which the FDA has warned consumers about, according to property tax and online records. …The Food and Drug Administration last...
FDA Issues Warning About Lipodissolve
The agency has posted both a consumer warning + the warning letters it sent to six medical spas offering the treatment. It’s a controversial procedure, although it does have its proponents. Nonetheless, the lack of reliable clinical data is troubling. I can sympathize with folks who prefer a non-surgical method for fat reduction – there can be issues with liposuction. I’d be inclined to skip both, however, in favor...
Another “Free Trial” Scammer Bites the Dust
Attorney General announces Settlement with Arvada-based Nutra Pills, Inc. 03/19/2010 …The Office of the Attorney General learned through its investigation that Bezoni’s Arvada-based company, which has operated under the names Golf Nutrition Sciences and GNS, used so-called “free-to-pay conversion” marketing since 2005, which resulted in consumers unknowingly incurring ongoing payments for products that they initially believed...
Santa Clara County Considering Limits on Fast Food Marketing to Children
That sounds like a good thing, doesn’t it? And maybe it is… but I have some real mixed feelings about it, nonetheless. According to Nation’s Restaurant News… SAN JOSE, Calif. (March 26, 2010) The Santa Clara County board of supervisors will begin to research the feasibility of creating a law aimed at battling childhood obesity by limiting the use of toys, digital games and other incentives in the marketing...
McCain Withdraws Support for Dietary Supplement Safety Act
I’m in throes of wrapping up a major project, so – while I was aware of the Dietary Supplement Safety Act (natch!) – I missed blogging about it (I wanted to read the text first, but couldn’t spare the time). But it looks like Senator McCain just made this a moot point. A Senate staffer confirmed that Sen. John McCain no longer supports a bill he introduced to significantly tighten regulatory requirements for...
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