Kratom: All Questions On Pre-DSHEA Ingredient Evidence In One Package

"Kratom illustrates the promise and the peril of dietary supplement regulation," says Jack Henningfield, Pinney Associates consultant and an expert on abuse liability of various substances. Kratom firms agree NDI notifications are needed for ingredients made from separate kratom alkaloids, but say the botanical itself has decades of safe use in the US.

The numerous questions that complicate proving to FDA that a dietary ingredient was marketed in the US before October 1994 are asked not only about ingredients that are not available, but also about some commonly used today, such as the botanical kratom.

At a recent public meeting on evidence to identify "old dietary ingredients," those available before the grandfather date – Oct....

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