1st Edition

Nutraceuticals Global Regulatory Status and Challenges

Edited By Yashwant Pathak, Niyati Acharya Copyright 2026
    304 Pages 43 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    The market for nutraceuticals is worldwide, is growing exponentially, and is competing with pharmaceuticals. Nutraceuticals: Global Regulatory Status and Challenges presents information on trends in regulatory affairs related to nutraceuticals and the challenges posed by marketing nutraceuticals in different countries.

    With the emphasis on preventive healthcare increasing nutraceuticals or dietary/health supplements are necessary for everyone. As the use of nutraceuticals increases, the need for proper regulations of manufacture, evaluation storage and distribution of products is vital. Every country has its own regulations and understanding these regulations then finding common practices for managing quality of nutraceuticals is essential.

    As part of the Nutraceuticals: Basic Research/Clinical Applications series, this book is useful for food and nutrition scientists, functional foods and nutraceuticals researchers, and consultants and marketing organizations for nutraceuticals/functional foods.

    1.       Nutraceuticals : historical perspectives in different countries      

    Mandar Kulkarni, Khushi Pandya, Niyati Acharya, Yashwant Pathak

    2.       Understanding different system of Diverse Terminologies for Dietary supplements and related products          

    Khushi Pandya, Niyati Acharya, Yashwant Pathak

    3.        Regulatory Framework For Nutraceutical Registration In Caricom              

    Darren Dookeeram, Nila-Marie Ramdeo, Sandeep B. Maharaj

    4.        Safety and toxicity aspects for nutraceuticals and related products: Regulatory provisions across globe         

    Jiya Patel, Aabir Pramanik, Sonali Maheswari, Niyati Acharya, Yashwant Pathak

    5.       Regulatory requirements and challenges for Nutraceuticals in the United States    

    Anita Jacob and Yashwant Pathak

    6.       Nutraceuticals and Regulatory Compliance in Latin America        

    Juan Montilla, Niyati Acharya, Yashwant Pathak

    7.       UK & Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) regulatory requirements and challenges for Nutraceuticals             

    Dr. Ramesh Pennamareddy, Shivkumar Somani, Kandi Purushothama Reddy

    8.       Regulatory Frameworks and guidance for Food Products Registration, Safety, Labeling, and Consumer Protection guidelines: A Comprehensive Review on German Standards

    Nikunjana Patel, Nishit Parekh, Sanjeev Acharya

    9.       Regulatory Landscape of Nutraceuticals in the European Union: Compliance and Standards

    Arindam Chatterjee, Mayank Bansal, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Devid Chutia, Madan Mohan Gupta, Deepak Sharma

    10.   Regulatory requirements for South Africa for marketing and importing nutraceuticals, herbal products and functional foods  

    Pravin Semnarayan, Megan Saffer, Deon du Rand

    11.   Regulatory provisions for food supplements in India       

    Bhavita Dhru , Maitreyi Zaveri

    12.   Navigating Regulatory Requirements in China: A Comprehensive Guide to Nutraceuticals and Traditional Chinese Medicine           

    Jinfu Peng and Risha Fillah Fithria

    13.   Nutraceutical Regulation in Indonesia    

    apt. Ayu Shabrina

    14.   Complementary Medicines: Australian Regulatory requirements, market trends and challenges in Australian market         

    Aditi Kirtane

    15.   A comprehensive guide to South Korea’s Food regulation            

    Sahil Sorathiya, Hardik Bhatt

    16.   Navigating the Maze Regulatory Guidelines for Nutraceuticals in the Gulf Countries         

    Nikunjana Patel, Tasneem Rangwala, Niyati Acharya, Sanjeev Acharya

    17.   Global Future Trends Related to Nutraceuticals and Supplements             

    Aabir Pramanik, Sonali Maheswari, Niyati Acharya, Yashwant Pathak

    18.   Nutraceuticals in Czech Republic             

    Ales Franc, Vladimir Bíba

    Biography

    Yashwant Pathak, M Pharm, Executive MBA, MSCM, PhD, FAAAS

    Yashwant Pathak received his PhD from Nagpur University, India, Executive MBA and Masters in Conflict Management, Sullivan University, Louisville, USA. He has over 45 years’ experience in Academia and Industry. Presently, he is Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at Taneja College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA. Yashwant Pathak is also Adjunct Professor at faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Yashwant has published over 400 research papers, reviews and chapters with close to 5000 citations in Google scholar. He edited over 70 books in Nanotechnology, Nutraceuticals, Drug Delivery Systems, Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Neural Network. Her has keen interest in Conflict management and edited several books, Organizational conflict management, Handbook of organizational conflict management, Eastern and Indigenous perspectives in conflict management, RSS way of resolving conflicts and these two volumes on nonprofit organizations conflict management. He is recipient of several International and national awards including Fulbright Senior Scholar 2016-2017 at Indonesia for 6 months, Fulbright Specialist Scholar 2019 at Witwatersrand University, South Africa, Adjunct Professor, Witwatersrand University, South Africa, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia, Fellow of American Association for advancement of Sciences (FAAAS), Fulbright Specialist Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogota Colombia, 2023,Fulbright Senior Scholar, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 2024. He is actively involved in many nonprofit organizations including HSS.org, ICHRRF.org, IACDSC.org , Uberoi Foundation for Religious Studies and so on. Dr Pathak recently received a Nelson Mandela Washington Reciprocal exchange fellowship for Nigeria, West Africa.

    Dr. Niyati Acharya, PhD, M. Pharm (Pharmacognosy)

    Dr. Niyati Acharya, currently working as Assistant Professor & Head, Dept. of Pharmacognosy,

    Institute of Pharmacy, Nirma University, Ahmedabad has over 22 years of experience in teaching and natural product research, published 47 research papers, and 15 book chapters to her credit (1191 citations, 17 h Index, 22 index). She has completed research projects from Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi and GUJCOST, Gandhinagar of more than 50 lacs and doing many minor research and consultancy projects for the herbal drug industry and research centers. Being a recognized PG/Ph.D. guide, guided more than 63 M. Pharm & 12 M. Sc Cosmetic technology students, 6 PhD students have been awarded and 3 are pursuing Ph. D at Nirma University under her able guidance. She has presented more than 40 oral and 80 poster presentations in various International and National level programs and delivered expert talks.

    She is a recipient of Best oral presentation by the Society of Ethnopharmacology at SFEC 2022, the P.K. Debnath Memorial Award: SFE Young Ethnopharmacologist Award 2020 for Best Oral Presentation in the field of Ethnopharmacology,  GABTP national woman scientist award 2019 at 29th APSI scientist meet and international conference on Drug discovery and development in Agrobiotechnology and Pharmaceutical sciences, Best research paper award at the International Symposium on Cancer Research at GCRI in 2014 and Dr. P.D. Sethi’s research paper award 2006.  She is recipient of the “Best Innovation Idea under the Rising Startup Idea Award” Biothon 2025,In Gujarat Biotechnology University.

    The research area of her interest includes phytopharmacology based investigations & characterization of biomarkers from medicinal plants for the management of wounds, obesity, liver disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s disease, Development of novel and target-based herbal formulations. She is life member of various professional bodies like APTI, ISP, IPA, ISTE, Society of ethnopharmacology, Indian Academy of Neurosciences, Indian Society of Chemist and Biologist, Indian Pharmacological Society, IPGA and has been working as an editorial member and reviewer for many journals of Elsevier, Taylor and Francis and Willey.