Botanical Ingredient Review creation "with or without" FDA "blessing" possible -- UNPA.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
BOTANICAL INGREDIENT REVIEW MAY PROCEED WITHOUT FDA "BLESSING," UNPA Executive Director Loren Israelsen told the eighth President's Commission on Dietary Supplement Labels meeting on March 4 in Baltimore, Md. Discussing the proposed industry-sponsored third-party review body for botanical dietary supplements, the Utah Natural Products Alliance exec noted that "industry would like to proceed" with the establishment of such a review "with or without the agency's blessing."