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Category Archives: Food
Avemar, a Food for Special Medical Purposes for Cancer Patients?
This case is yet another example of a major discrepancy in consumer protection between therapeutic claims made for medicines for which the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code applies (administered by the TGA), compared to therapeutic claims made for food for which … Continue reading
Vitamins are not a substitute for a healthy diet
In response to Victorian Government, Better Health Channel, article, ‘Vitamin and mineral supplements‘. See also the excellent film ‘Vitamania‘. Next, the TGA needs to expand the Heading of Section 25 of the Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code (No.2) 2018 to: ‘Vitamins, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Complementary medicine, Education, Food
Tagged Supplements, Vitamania, Vitamins
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A medical food for depression?
Neurofolin® (containing 15 mg of L-methylfolate calcium) is a self-declared food for special medical purposes promoted for dietary support of depression management. Advertisments claim that L-methylfolate is, “an active form of folate known to be deficient in individuals with depressive … Continue reading
MJA Insight: Two new articles on Food-Medicine regulation
Where food meets medicine: reform needed Junk food advertising to kids: the list of shame See also: FSANZ Sports Supplements Roundtable: Report on Discussions and Next Steps by
Posted in Advertising, Choosing wisely, Complementary medicine, Food
Tagged Coco pops, Junk food, MJA Insight, Sports supplements, TGA
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TGA fails to act on illegal sports supplements
ABC story at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-30/canberra-fitness-community-not-fazed-by-sarms-health-risk/10930470 But, this problem was publicised last year and a complaint sent to the TGA And there are more complaints to the TGA that have not been dealt with: These are illegally supplied and promoted products by … Continue reading
Food-medicine interface problems
FSANZ, Consumer and Public Health Dialogue, 27 March 2019, Canberra. I’ve now provided a report of my presentation and the discussion that ensured. Summary The regulation of health claims for foods and complementary medicines is inconsistent; complaint systems are problematic, … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Complementary medicine, Food, Medical Devices, Medicine policy, Pharmaceutical Promotion
Tagged ACCC, ANAO, FSANZ, TGA
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Launch of TGA Advertising Hub – Initial experience of submitting complaints
This page provides my experience of submitting complaints to the TGA’s new complaint system. It documents the date complaints were submitted and the TGA reference number allocated. Many of these complaints were based on previous complaints upheld by the CRP … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Food, Medicine policy, Pharmaceutical Promotion
Tagged A Menarini Australia Pty Ltd, Au Remedial, Bioglan, Bioglan CoQ10, BioRevive® Hydrodol® Hangover Relief Products, Blackmores CoQ10, Body Armour Pty Ltd, Brand Developers., Cabot Health Ultra Potent Selenium, Clever Health, complaint outcomes, D & X Pty Ltd, Detox foot pads, Doctor's Best Extra Strength Ginkgo, Ear candles, Elevate Communication, Evolution Health, Evolution supplements, Export Corporation Australia Pty Ltd, Food Supplements International, Hangover Relief, Happy Hormones, Healthy Care, Hey! King Premium Hangover Relief, Homeopathic products, Hydroxycut Hardcore Elite, Lifewave Patches, Lisa Curry, Liver Support Probiotic, Muscle Peptide Australia, Nature’s Care CoEnzyme Q10, Neurofolin; Grunbiotics; Medical Food for depression, New Life Health Products 14 Day Smart Cleanse, Pain Erazor, Peptides Direct, Pharmacare Laboratories, Phoenix Pharmaceuticals Rapid Recovery Hangover Relief, Phytomolecular (Herbal) Medicines, PINPOINT Bright Brains (Bacopa Monnieri), Plus Daily Ltd, Pretorius, Professor Yoland Lim, Recoverthol, Regulatory Reform, Rejoove, Seremind, Swisse Ultiboost Co-enzyme Q10, Swisse Ultiboost Lecithin, TGA, TGA Advertising Hub, TGA new complaint system, Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code, Transparency, Welda
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Civil Society Hearing on Therapeutic Goods Amendment Bill, ANU 24 Jan 2018
The Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA) has tried to bypass the Senate Committee system on the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No.1) Bill by arguing that it was non-controversial! Which it certainly is not regarding its provisions for advertising and complementary … Continue reading
Posted in Complementary medicine, Education, Food, Medicine policy, Senate
Tagged ANU, Complaint Resolution Panel, Medical devices, Prof John Braithwaite, RegNet, Regulatory Reform, Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, TGA, Therapeutic Goods Act, Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code, Therapeutic Goods Amendment (2017 Measures No.1) Bill
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U3A Melbourne City Short Course – Complementary Medicine: Exploring the Issues
Healthy growth, healthy people? The value of sales of Australian complementary medicines (CM) has doubled from $2.3 billion to $4.7 billion in just over three years. This corresponds to a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 26.9% compared to the 1.7% … Continue reading
Souvenaid update
A recent NPS review is relevant: http://www.nps.org.au/health-professionals/health-news-evidence/2014/souvenaid Also, I understand that the subsidy of Souvenaid was considered at a recent meeting of the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Reference Committee (RPRC). I have yet to be informed of the outcome. Finally, I am … Continue reading