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The end of supplements? PP Article Inside.
https://blog.priceplow.com/industry-news/2016-fda-ndi-draft-guidance
If you want to support the cause:
https://blog.priceplow.com/industry-news/2016-fda-ndi-draft-guidance/how-to-help
You can sign the petition to the white house and also send comments to your congressman through that link. You should also probably send it to all of your gym bros (or even people who just take random stuff like Fish Oil) to sign!
https://blog.priceplow.com/industry-news/2016-fda-ndi-draft-guidance
Hmmm....thoughts? Not trying to spam or anything, but I think this calls for some forum attention too (mostly the signing of petitions/etc)TL;DR
The FDA’s proposal is nothing short of a multi-pronged attack on the entire dietary supplement industry, and reaches much further than the bodybuilding or sports nutrition sectors.
It does not address the core problems that consumers face, which occur due to the FDA’s lack of enforcement of existing laws. Instead, the FDA is attempting to add mountains of costly and unnecessary bureaucratic processes that are literally impossible to achieve the remaining good actors of the industry.
No Reaction… Because Nobody Read It?
Despite the lack of reaction from industry insiders thus far (likely due to the fact that few people have actually read this monstrous document), there is much to be alarmed over.
This document represents an extreme amount of executive overreach from the federal government, and is purposefully vague yet simultaneously filled with hostile legal traps aimed towards damaging American businesses and limiting consumer choice.
Worse, we do not believe it represents the spirit of DSHEA 1994 as enacted into law some 22 years ago.
Ingredients That Could Become Illegal
The following ingredients are just a few that could become illegal for use in dietary supplements if this document is enacted “as is”:
Molecularly Distilled Fish Oil
Fish Oils with Unnaturally High EPAHA Ratios
Hydrolyzed Whey Protein
Ubiquinol
Ashwagandha
Resveratrol
Bacopa monnieri
Theanine
Yohimbe
Synephrine
Octopamine
Hordenine, and
N-Methyltyramine
…amongst potential others, despite each of these ingredients having a true basis in nature and being used in the dietary supplement marketplace with a high degree of safety for decades.
Increasing costs: Other ingredients such as Taurine and Vitamin C from Rose Hips could become monumentally more expensive, and this may subsequently have a profoundly negative effect on neighboring industries such as pet food products.
These ingredients are used by tens of millions of people in the United States each year – with most usage entirely unrelated to sports nutrition and bodybuilding.
The Ramifications: Yet Another Industry Sent Overseas
If passed, the American dietary supplement industry could forever be ruined, shifting more economic and labor resources overseas where such bureaucracies do not occur.
Further, the writing of such vague, byzantine laws will likely create unintended consequences that we cannot even begin to imagine today, much of which will be fueled by more intra-industry & class action lawsuits that will only benefit tort lawyers.
Get involved! Our Call to Action
As such, we urge our readers to click here to write your representatives in Congress, sign our White House Petition, and leave commentary for the FDA.
If you want to support the cause:
https://blog.priceplow.com/industry-news/2016-fda-ndi-draft-guidance/how-to-help
You can sign the petition to the white house and also send comments to your congressman through that link. You should also probably send it to all of your gym bros (or even people who just take random stuff like Fish Oil) to sign!
