FDA Extends NDI Draft Guidance Comment Period by 60 Days

Adapted from Natural Products INSIDER

FDA extended the comment period for its New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Draft Guidance by 60 days to Dec. 2, 2011. The extension came one month after five industry trade organizations requested FDA to extend the comment period by 45 days.


NPA, along with the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) , the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) requested a 45-day extension for comments, asking for a deadline of Nov. 17, 2011.

Last week, Jarrow Formulas, a dietary supplement company, requested FDA extend the comment period by one year; however, FDA chose to extend the comment period by an additional two months.

The original 90-day deadline for comments regarding FDA’s “Draft Guidance for Industry; Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues," was Oct. 3, 2011.
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Jarrow Formulas Calls for 1-Year NDI Draft Comment Extension

From NutraIngredients-USA

By Stephen Daniells

California's Jarrow Formulas has called for an extension of the comment period on the FDA's NDI draft guidance to one year. Citing the scope of the draft guidance, its complexity, and its potential impact, a letter on behalf of Jarrow Formulas Inc. (JFI) said that the current 90-day comment period is insufficient, and that it is "respectfully requesting" an extensio to July 5, 2012.
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