Publications

publication August 4, 2017

Auditing Contract Manufacturers – A Daunting Yet Obligatory Task

‘Auditing Contract Manufacturers – A Daunting Yet Obligatory Task,’ by Abhishek Gurnani, Natural Products Insider, August 2017.

publication June 30, 2017

Making Cosmetics Claims to FDA, FTC and NAD Standards

‘Making Cosmetics Claims to FDA, FTC, and NAD Standards,’ by Ivan Wasserman, Natural Products Insider, June 2017.

publication June 2, 2017

Challenges, Opportunities With Probiotic New Dietary Ingredient Notifications

‘Challenges, Opportunities With Probiotic New Dietary Ingredient Notifications,’ by Ivan Wasserman, Natural Products Insider, April 2017.

publication February 14, 2017

Joint Health Class Action Shows All Ingredients are Targets

‘Joint Health Class Action Shows All Ingredients are Targets,’ by Abhishek Gurnani, Natural Products Insider, February  2017.

publication October 17, 2016

Do Consumers Understand Organic Claims for Non-Food Products?

‘FTC and USDA Ask: Do Consumers Understand Organic Claims for Non-Food Products?’ by Ivan Wasserman, New Hope Network, October 2016.

publication October 13, 2016

Nutricosmetics and Beauty Foods Update

‘Nutricosmetics and Beauty Foods Update,’  by Ivan Wasserman, Natural Products Insider, October 2016.

publication October 1, 2016

Regulatory Constraints on New Product Development and Approval Procedures in the US: Developing New Functional Food and Nutraceutical Products

‘Regulatory Constraints on New Product Development and Approval Procedures in the United States,’ by Jacqueline Kuler and Abhishek Gurnani, Chapter 7 in ‘Developing New Functional Food and Nutraceutical Products,’ ScienceDirect, Academic Press, 2016.

publication October 1, 2016

Intellectual Property Considerations: Developing New Functional Food and Nutraceutical Products

‘Intellectual Property Considerations,’ co-authored by George Carrera, Jr., Chapter on ‘Developing New Functional Food and Nutraceutical Products,’ Science Direct, Academic Press, 2016.

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FTC Issues Proposed Rule and Announces Possible Additional Rulemaking to Deter Deceptive Claims by Multi-Level Marketers

On January 13, 2025, the FTC issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for a new Earnings Claim Rule Regarding Multi-Level Marketing (MLM).   In the NPRM, the FTC asserts that “[t]he vast majority of MLM MORE >

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