ISAPP filed comments regarding with the European Food Safety Authority regarding its intent to revise the guidance on scientific requirements for health claims on foods related to gut and immune function. ISAPP’s opinion is that EFSA should completely revise the guidance document, rather than limit comments to issues that have arisen in submitted dossiers. ISAPP […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-09-08 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23September 8, 2014
The Dannon Company Graduate Scholarship. The third Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Program offers a scholarship of $25,000 to a current or incoming graduate student who shows a strong interest in the research of nutritional and functional benefits of yogurt and probiotics. Candidates must be currently enrolled in or applying to a full-time graduate program. Applications […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-09-08 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23September 8, 2014
ISAPP files comments with the FDA regarding impact of Proposed Rule on labeling prebiotics on foods. ISAPP requests that the FDA modify the Proposed Rule as follows: (1) benefits of added fibers be explicitly expanded to include a broader range of potential physiological beneficial effects, (2) implement a phase-in period to allow adequate time to […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-08-01 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23August 1, 2014
ISAPP’s consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic was published today in Nature Reviews in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The paper is open access. Key conclusions of the paper include that with minor edits, the 13-year old FAO/WHO definition of probiotic was endorsed; that sufficient evidence from human studies on commonly […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-06-10 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23June 10, 2014
Meeting with CBER. On May 22, ISAPP’s Executive Science Officer (Mary Ellen Sanders) and Daniel Merenstein MD (Georgetown University) met with Peter Marks MD PhD, Deputy Director of Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/FDA, and three other CBER representatives, to discuss CBER oversight of probiotic research as investigational new drugs. Concerns were expressed regarding requiring […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-06-05 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23June 5, 2014
The Yogurt in Nutrition Initiative announced a request for research proposals focused on health benefits associated with yogurt consumption. The competition is for one $30,000 USD grant. Research teams from public organizations or researchers at universities or hospitals may apply. The deadline for submission of applications is June 30, 2014. This call is supported by […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-05-01 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23May 1, 2014
ISAPP board members, Gregor Reid and Mary Ellen Sanders, were interviewed by Shane Starling of Nutraingredients for a new documentary film, “MicroWarriors” The Special Edition. The special edition will be a completely re-editied and mastered version from the 2011 probiotic documentary film, “MicroWarriors” The Power of Probiotics. In addition, it will include new graphics and […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-04-28 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:23April 28, 2014
ISAPP filed comments with the FDA on its guidance, which requires that essentially all human research to evaluate functional effects of foods be conducted under an IND. ISAPP requested that FDA revise the current guidance to remove their requirement for INDs for human research conducted on foods and that the guidance make it clear that […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-04-08 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:24April 8, 2014
Webcasts of the lectures and workshop wrap-ups from the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit (convened in Miami, March 8-9, 2014) are now available. Click here.
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-03-31 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:24March 31, 2014
ISAPP joined the American Society of Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, ILSI-North America and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in a meeting March 5 with FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to share concerns with a guidance that stipulates human research conducted on functional endpoints for foods requires an […]
https://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.png00Mary Ellen Sandershttps://isappscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/ISAPP_LogoRedsign_horz.pngMary Ellen Sanders2014-03-11 00:00:002019-04-18 16:05:24March 11, 2014
September 8, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP filed comments regarding with the European Food Safety Authority regarding its intent to revise the guidance on scientific requirements for health claims on foods related to gut and immune function. ISAPP’s opinion is that EFSA should completely revise the guidance document, rather than limit comments to issues that have arisen in submitted dossiers. ISAPP […]
September 8, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersThe Dannon Company Graduate Scholarship. The third Yogurt and Probiotics Fellowship Program offers a scholarship of $25,000 to a current or incoming graduate student who shows a strong interest in the research of nutritional and functional benefits of yogurt and probiotics. Candidates must be currently enrolled in or applying to a full-time graduate program. Applications […]
August 1, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP files comments with the FDA regarding impact of Proposed Rule on labeling prebiotics on foods. ISAPP requests that the FDA modify the Proposed Rule as follows: (1) benefits of added fibers be explicitly expanded to include a broader range of potential physiological beneficial effects, (2) implement a phase-in period to allow adequate time to […]
June 10, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP’s consensus statement on the scope and appropriate use of the term probiotic was published today in Nature Reviews in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. The paper is open access. Key conclusions of the paper include that with minor edits, the 13-year old FAO/WHO definition of probiotic was endorsed; that sufficient evidence from human studies on commonly […]
June 5, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersMeeting with CBER. On May 22, ISAPP’s Executive Science Officer (Mary Ellen Sanders) and Daniel Merenstein MD (Georgetown University) met with Peter Marks MD PhD, Deputy Director of Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research/FDA, and three other CBER representatives, to discuss CBER oversight of probiotic research as investigational new drugs. Concerns were expressed regarding requiring […]
May 1, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersThe Yogurt in Nutrition Initiative announced a request for research proposals focused on health benefits associated with yogurt consumption. The competition is for one $30,000 USD grant. Research teams from public organizations or researchers at universities or hospitals may apply. The deadline for submission of applications is June 30, 2014. This call is supported by […]
April 28, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP board members, Gregor Reid and Mary Ellen Sanders, were interviewed by Shane Starling of Nutraingredients for a new documentary film, “MicroWarriors” The Special Edition. The special edition will be a completely re-editied and mastered version from the 2011 probiotic documentary film, “MicroWarriors” The Power of Probiotics. In addition, it will include new graphics and […]
April 8, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP filed comments with the FDA on its guidance, which requires that essentially all human research to evaluate functional effects of foods be conducted under an IND. ISAPP requested that FDA revise the current guidance to remove their requirement for INDs for human research conducted on foods and that the guidance make it clear that […]
March 31, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersWebcasts of the lectures and workshop wrap-ups from the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit (convened in Miami, March 8-9, 2014) are now available. Click here.
March 11, 2014
/in News /by Mary Ellen SandersISAPP joined the American Society of Nutrition, Institute of Food Technologists, ILSI-North America and North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in a meeting March 5 with FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to share concerns with a guidance that stipulates human research conducted on functional endpoints for foods requires an […]