April 8, 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 […]

March 31, 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.

March 11, 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 […]

February 25, 2014

ISAPP will meet March 5 with FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition to discuss conducting human research on foods. The FDA made it clear in a guidance from September 2013 that human research conducted on functional endpoints for foods requires an investigational new drug (IND) application. However, the FDA re-opened the comment period […]

February 24, 2014

On February 11, ISAPP, represented by Mary Ellen Sanders (executive director), Daniel Merenstein, Greg Leyer (Sr. ISAPP-IAC representative) and Chris Cifelli (Jr. ISAPP-IAC representative), met with Mr. Richard Cleland, Assistant Director, Division of Advertising Practices with the Federal Trade Commission to gain a better understanding of FTCs perspective on conducting research intended to substantiate structure/function […]

February 5, 2014

The FDA is re-opening comments on portions of its Guidance on Determining if Human Research Studies Require an Investigational New Drug Application. ISAPP intends to file comments reflecting concerns that the current guidance (published in final form September 2013) unduly restricts human research on functional properties of foods and supplements, harming U.S. researchers, consumers and […]

January 10, 2014

World Gastroenterology Organisation released a new webcast “Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS): What is it, what causes it and can I do anything about it?”; an educational program for the general public. The webcast was developed from the WGO World Digestive Health Day 2012 Campaign and covers the following topics: What is IBS?, How to communicate […]

January 9, 2014

U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is accepting comments on a proposed monograph for testing the identity, concentration and purity of Bacillus coagulans GBI-30, 6086. As the first probiotic monograph with USP, this is a noteworthy development. USP press release. USP Food Ingredients.

January 7, 2014

Law firm expresses concern that the FDA seeks to greatly constrict medical food category in the United States. See blog post by Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C., Medical Food Draft Guidance – Has the FDA Bitten off More than it Can Chew?

November 26, 2013

ISAPP is signatory, along with other professional societies, on a letter requesting that the FDA retract its final guidance (issued September 2013) on when food and dietary supplement research must be conducted under and Investigational New Drug Application. A face-to-face meeting with the FDA was also requested. Letter. (See also ISAPP Latest News post on […]