The Regulatory Landscape: Clouds on the horizon, threats at the door
Day 1 ended with a heavyweight panel discussion around the current U.S. regulatory landscape for sports nutrition products, including efforts at the state level to restrict access to muscle building supplements, FTC’s Notice of Penalty Offenses Concerning Substantiation of Product Claims and industry petitions in response, implications of the FDA’s reorganization, other petitions with significant implications for sports and active nutrition, and much more.
The panel featured (left to right):
Dr. Rob Wildman, head coach at TYM Athletic Performance and chair of the American Herbal Products Association's Sports Nutrition Committee;
Eva Hurt, vice president of North America scientific and regulatory affairs at The Coca-Cola Company;
Robert Marriott, JD, director of regulatory affairs at the American Herbal Products Association;
Michael DiMaggio, chief legal officer and general counsel at Nutrabolt,
Matthew Orr, partner at Amin Talati Wasserman LLP
The session was chaired by NutraIngredients-USA's Stephen Daniells (right).