Welcome to the Update eMemo... helping the natural products and services industry comply with lawful regulatory standards...[0] Natural Products Association Warns of FDA Inspections
[1] Labeling Herbs and Botanicals in Your Dietary Supplement
[2] Roehr’s Patented Medical Food & Dietary Supplement Delivery System
[3] Moving Nutrition into the Social Media: NutraSpace and the Fund
[4] Yes, You do Need Clinical Trials…
[5] Vitamin Lawyer Connections: All the Links You Need!
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[0] NPA FDA Inspection Warning
From Natural Products Association: FDA's “Four Pillar” Program Areas:
- Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)
- Serious Adverse Event Reports
- Labeling and Claims
- New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) notifications
Dr. Daniel Fabricant, director of FDA's division of dietary supplement programs stated, “the majority of inspections [the FDA] have done have resulted in a non-compliance atmosphere, whether resulting in a warning letter or just observations on the 483s”. More than 60 percent of inspection outcomes have resulted in Official Action Indicated (OAIs) and/or Voluntary Action Indicated (VAIs). Are you prepared to be next?
Industry needs to consider respective GMP-related requirements and responsibilities.
Industry needs to consider respective GMP-related requirements and responsibilities.
- Developing compliant master manufacturing and batch production records.
- Qualifying your suppliers and other vendors to ensure quality and consistency in meeting GMP compliance and qualifying Certificates of Analyses (COAs) to allow for reduced testing of components.
- Conducting material reviews and appropriate handling of customer complaints and adequate documentation of related investigations and resulting COAs.
FDA is on its way to more than 200 inspections in 2012—Learn what you can do now, to avoid that warning letter later.
This timely warning from NPA reminds us all that Standard Operating Procedures need to be “in place” and regularly updated.
[1] Labeling Herbs and Botanicals in Your Dietary Supplement
Two special concerns here: [1] Proprietary Blends and [2] Nomenclature.
[1] The FDA permits marketers to group certain ingredients together into a Proprietary Blend. For the Blend you only need to list the total weight and the ingredients, in order of predominance. The individual ingredient weight is not required, so the ratios of ingredients in your Blend remain a proprietary secret. You cannot include major dietary ingredients, like the Letter Vitamins (A, B, C etc.) or other nutrients for which Daily Values are established. Otherwise, any dietary ingredient can be part of the Proprietary Blend.
[2] The FDA requires that marketers use the common name of the herbal species, but the company does not need to include the scientific name, unless so choosing.(h) The common or usual name of ingredients of dietary supplements that are botanicals (including fungi and algae) shall be consistent with the names standardized in Herbs of Commerce, 1992 edition, which is incorporated by reference in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies may be obtained from the American Herbal Products Association, 8484 Georgia Ave., suite 370, Silver Spring, MD 20910, 301-588-1171, FAX 301-588-1174, e-mail:ahpa@ahpa.org,
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfCFR/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=101.4&utm_campaign=Google2&utm_source=fdaSearch&utm_medium=website&utm_term=common%20herb%20names&utm_content=4
[2] Roehr’s Patented Medical Food & Dietary Supplement Delivery System
Opportunities for Pharmacies, Physicians, Clinics and other Health Care Providers. The patented Bio-G Micro Tab Nutrient Delivery System for Dietary Supplements and Medical Foods. Compounding Pharmacies, Physicians and Nutritionists collaborating for optimal outcomes.
BioG-MicroTabs are tablets compressed withcustom made precision tools “Made in Germany”
Every BioG-MicroTab is exactly 2 mm
in diameter and height.
Every BioG-MicroTab contains an exact
amount of the active ingredients and has, including
exipients, the same weight of 7mg.
Every BioG-MicroTab complies with the requirements of Ph.Eur and with United States FDA requirements for Dietary Supplements and Medical Foods.
Learn more about this patented microtab delivery system from Germany here:http://biog-microtabs.weebly.com
[3] Moving Nutrition into the Social Media: NutraSpace and the Fund
Introducing NutraSpace 
Social Network and Search Platform Serving
Health, Nutrition and CAM
This week I am pleased to bring to your attention NutraSpace, a major Internet initiative that could change the face of the nutrition industry on the world wide web. NutraSpace is an integrated platform serving the health, nutrition, and complementary/ alternative medicine (CAM) marketplace with its own social network, search engine, real-time news aggregation, mobile applications and agent–based digital assistant services. What Google, Facebook, WebMD and the Drudge Report provide for their users, NutraSpace customizes and tailors to the needs and requirements of the health and wellness space. CNN has reported that “83% of Internet users have looked online for health information”. Currently there is no health and wellness Internet search engine other than the NutraSpace search engine which was developed over a five year period. The NutraSpace team includes the President of the American College of Nutrition and the President of the Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists. The Chairman of the company is Dr. H. Reginald McDaniel, a medical doctor who has for some 25 years championed the cause of integrative medicine and nutritional supplementation. Social Network and Search Platform Serving Health, Nutrition and CAM
The Company launched its web platform in October 2011 and will be launching Android and iPhone applications with NutraSearch and NutraFlash, its flagship applications, this month. The Company has raised some $700,000 and is, I understand, currently engaged in another round of financing. NutraSpace depends on the health and wellness community to make its presence felt in the larger business environment. After the role played by Facebook and Twitter in the change of governments in the Middle East, no one can underestimate the impact of social media. Please support NutraSpace in any way you can particularly by spreading the word on the platform and creating your own space on it. For more information on NutraSpace, please contact me or the company itself at rvarghese@nutraspace.com.
As a Trustee of the Natural Solutions Foundation, I am particularly pleased with the NutraSpace technology which we have deployed under an OEM license to create the Free World Network and FreedomFLASH! – health and food freedom’s version of the NutraSpace platform. You can see that implementation of the platform here: www.FreeWorldNetwork.org
The NutraSpace platform provides:
- NutraSearch, a proprietary search engine for those who wish to crawl the web for information on health in general, specific diseases, natural and nutritional remedies, quality of life improvement;
- A social network for those who share a common interest in health challenges, preventive health, nutrition and alternative medicine;
- A digital library of peer-reviewed data on herbs, vitamins, minerals and nutrients addressing various health conditions along with blogs from noted scientists, doctors and researchers;
- NutraFlash, a news aggregation engine that serves up in near real-time the latest health news from traditional, nutraceutical and social media (including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube);
- And forthcoming features:
- The only application of agent technology in the health
- A nutrition scoring system for foods and beverages
- Mobile Applications for the Android and Apple iOS platforms (April 2012)
So, what is the bottom line? What is NutraSpace looking for from you?
| Answer: support from the natural products and nutrition industry; support from the Advanced Health Care Practitioners… | ||
How can you do that?
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Our FreeWorldNetwork focuses on Health & Food Freedom & Justice while the NutraSpace platform focuses on nutritional and health information and communication.
Together, we shall change the world… with passion, perfection and profitability!
[4] Yes, you do need clinical trials! Further Services You Need!
Several clients are raising funds to invest in Clinical Trials or Clinical Studies; I was asked to prepare a “Comfort Letter” for the clients to use with their potential investors. If you would like a copy addressed to your Company, to raise the funds you need to invest to stay in the market, please email me!
The Red Letter warnings I sent you in recent months from the NPA & ASA urgently restate what I’ve been telling my perceptive clients regarding the vitamin or natural products companies. Are you ready for the FDA inspectors? I told you the 4 essential steps you must take in the last issue of the VL Update. Here, I add estimates of what these essential steps will cost your company. You need to budget now and start to do what you can to be prepared. The FDA has already dramatically increased inspections, without those new bureaucrats!
What do you need to survive an FDA inspection? I’ve told you several times!
- Standard Operating Procedures – in place and up-to-date -from $500. The SOP document not only satisfies FDA, but also helps you organize your business!
- Product Substantiation Notebook – in place and up-to-date –from $500 plus your research time; this Notebook is a MUST if you get inspected! Part of the Notebook includes copies of the Structure and Function Claims Notices companies are required to file with the FDA within 30 days of marketing any claim. The cost for these notices is from $340.
- Copy-writers who know how to avoid Red Flag claims & Illegal Testimonials! My webinar on these issues is inexpensive. $99 for the archived CAM Webinar; a private copywriter webinar just for your company copywriters will cost above $500 (the webinar includes an eBook specially written for your company).
- A Third-Party Clinical Trial of your product; you can no longer fully rely on published science about isolated ingredients – This can cost up to several hundred thousand dollars. NCT offers a Minimal Clinical Trial from $35,000.
WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Contact me NOW! 973.300.4594
The longer you put off addressing any of the above issues,
the more at-risk is your company!
the more at-risk is your company!
New Service for EU Cosmetics Dossiers: You can sell in the EU without prior governmental approval, if you have a Dossier from NCT! Please take a look at our new Webinar linked from this web page: http://www.naturalclinicaltrials.com/NCT-EU-Cosmetics.php.
Announcement: For information about the SEC-filed Fund for Natural Solutions: wwwFundforNaturalSolutions.org (offering only by Private Placement Memorandum, available upon request: just email me at ralph.fucetola@usa.net with “Fund” in the subject line). Our first proposed investment: an off-shore (Panama/Hong Kong) compounding pharmacy. Doing good while doing well… think about the possibilities!
[5] Vitamin Lawyer Connections
Archived Cautions for CAM Wellness Practices
http://www.naturalhealthoptions.net/LifeSpiritWebinars.php
"Do you have a CAM “Alternative” health practice? Do you provide nutrients, remedies or health related items to clients?
Do you have questions about your legal rights and limits … or need information about how best to run your health care business? Are you aware there are words you cannot use and statements, although true, you cannot safely say to clients?
Hiring an attorney, one on one, to review these issues could cost you hundreds of dollars… making a mistake could cost you thousands. I invite you, instead, to learn from my Webinar, Cautions for CAM Wellness Practices.
I am known as The Vitamin Lawyer, because much of my 36 year legal practice centered around helping people in CAM practices, nutrient purveyors and advanced healthcare teachers. Today I am a Trustee of Natural Solutions Foundation. I can keep you out of trouble and operating smoothly so you can fulfill your mission to help others…"
This $99 PEL Webinar runs about an hour through 32 slides. It includes an 18 page eBook of information and forms all of which would cost over $500 if one on one. This is a Natural Solutions Foundation Benefit Webinar."
Vitamin Lawyer Connections…
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