New Coalition May Lead to Increased FDA Inspections New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is expanding his investigation into the supplement industry, today announcing the formation of a coalition designed to further investigate supplements and ensure that supplement companies are complying with the law. With the attorney general’s office noting that problems in the industry…
On December 18, 2014, President Obama signed the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 – DASCA for short. Several years in the making, DASCA cracks down on the over-the-counter “prohormone” segment of the sports nutrition supplement market. 25 New “Anabolic Steroids.” DASCA lists 25 steroidal compounds as newly criminalized anabolic steroids. [Note that most…
On July 1, 2014, a consumer class action complaint was filed in the Federal District Court for the Central District of California against a dietary supplement company alleging that two of their whey protein products were misleading consumers as to protein content. Protein content is indirectly determined by testing the nitrogen content of the product. …
By Rick Collins and Christopher Mango* Industry should prepare for more litigation as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in POM, LLC v. Coca-Cola Company. One of Coca-Cola’s products, alleged to be a pomegranate-blueberry juice blend, was advertised, displayed, and sold with the words “pomegranate” and “blueberry” displayed prominently on its…
Rick Collins Reunites with Filmmaker Chris Bell of Bigger, Stronger, Faster to Lead Question and Answer Session on PED Issues Collins, McDonald & Gann will once have a strong presence at the upcoming Olympia Fitness and Performance Weekend this weekend, as thousands of bodybuilders, fitness enthusiasts and leaders in the dietary supplement industry gather for what is…
The dietary supplement industry continues to wait for FDA to publish a revised guidance on New Dietary Ingredients (NDI) and NDI notifications (NDINs). But recently, the Agency estimated that preparing an NDIN should take only twenty hours and incur no capital costs. FDA explained that its estimate isolates the time and expense of researching the safety…
Article Highlights The Very Real Problem of “Rogue Informants” and Framing …and Recounts How Rick Cleared an Innocent Client’s Name It may happen more often than people think: an innocent person is framed for steroids or other drugs. Even more concerning is the fact that “rogue informants” may be to blame for “set ups” and…
Today’s Newsday features a negative cover story on the supplement industry – noting that a top FDA official has claimed that “about 70 percent of the nation’s supplement companies have run afoul of the US Food and Drug Administration’s manufacturing regulations over the past five years.” With its attention-grabbing headlines stating “Buyer Beware” and “The…
Does nutritional advice raise an issue of Free Speech? A recent Fourth Circuit case from North Carolina should be of interest to the nutrition community as it moves forward through the court system [Cooksey v. Futrell, et al,http://www.ij.org/images/pdf_folder/first_amendment/paleo/paleo-4th-opinion.pdf]. The relevant facts and Court’s holding follow. In 2009, Steve Cooksey was rushed to the hospital in…
The unusual, and possibly precedent-setting, case of “dueling lawsuits” between Monster Energy Corp and the city of San Francisco has been making headlines over the past few months. As this case continues to play out in the California courts, and as the rest of the world watches to see the results of this high profile…
