NPA Bolsters Case For Synthetic Botanicals, NDI Master Files
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
In a supplemental comment to FDA, the Natural Products Association presses the agency to address three areas of greatest concern on new dietary ingredient notifications in a revised draft guidance: synthetic botanicals, definition of chemical alteration and a “master file” approach to submissions.
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