CRN announces webinar to help guide producers through FDA ingredient regulations
WASHINGTON The Council for Responsible Nutrition and Virgo Publishing last week announced plans for a new webinar—“Bringing New Ingredients to Market: FDA Guidance and Developments in the New Dietary Ingredient Notification Process”—to be held Dec. 10.
The Food and Drug Administration’s Bill Frankos, director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs, is one of the featured speakers and will provide the agency’s perspective on what kind of data is required to file a successful new dietary ingredient notification, as well as offer insight into other expectations from the agency.
Frankos will be joined by regulatory experts, including George Burdock, president of the Burdock Group; Claudia Lewis-Eng, a partner at Venable; Andrew Shao, vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN; and Debbie Trinker, vice president of regulatory affairs, Kemin Health.
The webinar will provide a historical analysis of the NDI notification process since its inception by the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act, and will include a legal review of the process as well as offering practical, actionable approaches for bringing new dietary ingredients to market.
“There are still a lot of questions surrounding this process including what steps companies should take in order to make sure they are meeting FDA’s expectations,” stated Shao. “While not everything can be answered in this two hour webinar, it is our goal to provide clarity along with substantive guidance and help companies feel they are up-to-date and well-informed about this process, particularly as we anticipate FDA will soon publish a guidance document on this topic.”
This is the third webinar produced by CRN and Virgo. The first webinar centered on the general aspects of the final good manufacturing practices rule. The second webinar focused on the specific tools for managing the supply chain and practical approaches to help address safety concerns and ensure GMP compliance.