New NDIs
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Pom Wonderful's POMX, Procter & Gamble's psyllium hemicellulose and Exquim's Diosvein are new dietary ingredients recently included in the American Herbal Products Association's NDI Database, the trade group says May 4. While 17 NDIs were added to the database, only POMX, psyllium hemicellulose and Diosvein were filed by FDA to acknowledge their receipt, AHPA says. FDA cites a lack of sufficient information to clearly identify the new ingredient as an example of one objection to the other 14 NDIs, AHPA says. In November several experts said FDA has gradually raised the safety standard for NDIs above the level intended by DSHEA (1"The Tan Sheet" Nov. 13, 2006, p. 11)...