FDA finds vitamin B6 form not legal in supplements
Newsfood.com International
The Food and **** Administration’s (FDA) has ruled that the vitamin B6 compound, pyridoxamine dihydrochloride, cannot be used in dietary supplements.
The decision, in response to a petition from a North Carolina-based firm called Biostratum, provoked the Washington DC-based Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) to issue a statement warning that a precedent could be established that could see the status of other ingredients challenged.
Biostratum and CRN have been debating the status of the ingredient via FDA petitions since at July, 2005. Biostratum is the manufacturer of a pyridoxamine-based **** called Pyridorin designed to prevent the progression of diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease).
