Health claim deadlines
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA has extended the deadline for response to Nutrition 21's citizen petition for qualified health claims linking chromium picolinate to Type 2 diabetes to Aug. 16, the firm announces June 21. The extension is the fourth since the the petition was submitted in December 2003 (1"The Tan Sheet," Jan. 12, 2004, p. 15). Deadlines also have been extended by FDA for review of a health claim petition submitted by Marine Bio linking calcium to conditions such as cancer and menstrual pain, and a petition for green tea claims for cancer submitted by Fleminger...