The Natural Products Association isn’t waiting for the US Food and Drug Administration to act on its citizen petition to consider allowing beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide’s (NMN) use in dietary supplements after the agency seized an NPA member’s shipment of the ingredient.
Two Sides On NMN In US: NPA Asks Court To Allow Use, ChromaDex Applauds FDA's Exclusion
Trade group files complaint after member firm’s NMN import seized by FDA and agency doesn’t act on its petition asking for allowing the ingredient’s use in supplements. Nicotinamide riboside ingredient and supplement firm ChromaDex, however, applauds US prohibition of NMN.
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