Traditionally, feed ingredient regulation had been left up to the individual States, with AAFCO acting to coordinate state regulatory.

In China, the concept of “Health Food” encompasses both functional food and dietary supplement. It refers to any food with claimed health...

FDA is mandating that all information relevant to the GRAS conclusion (including exposure information) should be publicly available.

On June 6th 2016, the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) published the final rule of Administrative Measures for Registration of...

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has issued a new draft guidance on allergenicity testing of genetically modified (GM) plants...

Synthetic coloring agents used in foods have periodically come under fire for having potentially adverse effects, especially for children...

Demand for dietary and nutritional supplements worldwide continues to increase, with steady growth in the established markets and more rapid

What makes for a successful Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination? 

If you liked the Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues of July, 2011,...

What makes for a successful Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) determination? 

Nanomaterials (NM) are substances that have at least one dimension in the nanoscale (1-100 nm). In the food industry, nanomaterials can...

Fifteen years ago, a survey conducted in college students compared consumer acceptance of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in Japan,...

Within the last decade, there has been an increase in the level of concern for the moral and ethical treatment of animals. Pets are now...

An aging population has increasingly become a global phenomenon, not just in developed countries, but also among emerging regions. 1 The...

With today’s focus on “clean” labels, food manufacturers are replacing artificial colors with colors from “natural” sources. Some of...

In September 2013, the FDA issued Guidance for Clinical Investigators, Sponsors and IRBs: Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs) –...

In November 2015, the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) released new guidance on...

The last two years initiated a trend on the food side of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be more responsive to populist...

This case illustrates that the government can be found to be unconvincing in its arguments against a manufacturer.

Burdock Group welcomed Wendan Wang, PhD, who joined our office last month, November 2015, as Associate Scientist. Dr. Wang joins the...