Articles by Nicholas Saraceno
Arnica Adulteration Bulletin Released by ABC-AHP-NCNPR
The ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program announces the publication of a new Botanical Adulterants Bulletin (BAB) on arnica (Arnica montana). According to data from the market research firm SPINS, sales in all channels (excluding sales in Walmart, Whole Foods, club and dollar stores) of topical arnica products, sold predominantly as homeopathic remedies, have exceeded $20 million in ...
CRN Attends BlogHer16, the Leading Conference for Female Bloggers
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) served as an exhibiting sponsor at #BlogHer16: Experts Among Us, the largest conference worldwide that brings together women bloggers, that took place Aug. 4–6 in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to exhibiting at the three-day event, CRN hosted a special luncheon on Aug. 5, entitled “Get Healthy; Get Wise,” ...
Utah Attorney General Visits Twinlab Manufacturing Facility
Twinlab (American Fork, UT) recently hosted Utah’s Attorney General Sean Reyes in a tour of the company’s state-of-the-art, 178,000-square-foot laboratories and production facilities located at the base of the Wasatch Range. “We’re delighted that Attorney General Reyes could visit our research and production facilities, where our daily mission is to help people feel better, look ...
Natural Candle Factory Only Building Left Standing After California Wildfire
As firefighters continued battling a fast-moving 4,000-acre wildfire in Northern California that has destroyed 175 buildings and forced thousands of residents to flee, including the entire community of Lower Lake, one building remained standing: the Aloha Bay natural candle factory—a fixture in the center of town since 1993. High heat combined with precariously dry conditions ...
Leadership Award to Honor Organic Entrepreneur
A Canadian entrepreneur and hemp food pioneer will be honored as a “Rising Star” in the organic sector at the 2016 Organic Leadership Awards dinner in September hosted by the Organic Trade Association (OTA). Selected to receive the Organic Rising Star Award, Mike Fata of Canada-based Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods first became involved in the ...
FDA Issues Final Rule on Food Ingredients That May Be “Generally Recognized as Safe”
In a step to strengthen its oversight of food ingredients, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Aug. 12 issued a final rule detailing the criteria for concluding that the use of a substance in human or animal food is “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). Unlike food additives, GRAS substances are not subject to FDA pre-market ...
Nature’s Way Adopts Botanicals Through ABC’s Education Program
The American Botanical Council (ABC) acknowledges the support of Nature’s Way for ABC’s Adopt-an-Herb program. Nature’s Way, a supplement manufacturer and member of the Schwabe Group, has adopted five herbs on ABC HerbMedPro database: black cohosh (Actaea racemosa), hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), umckaloabo (Pelargonium sidoides), lavender (Lavandula spp.), and ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba). Nature’s Way’s adoptions ensure ...
FDA Releases Revised Draft of NDI Guidance; AHPA Convenes Working Group for Comments
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released revised draft guidance for new dietary ingredients (NDIs) to be published in the Federal Register on Friday, Aug. 12. The revised draft replaces FDA’s 2011 draft. The guidance, “Draft Guidance for Industry: Dietary Supplements: New Dietary Ingredient Notifications and Related Issues,” is subject to a 60-day comment period. ...
NPA to Meet With Congressional Task Force
Stakeholders will submit comments to the Congressional Task Force that will examine Puerto Rican AO 346 as a result of NPA’s grassroots and government relations efforts. NPA will work directly with the Task Force to provide input on the damaging effects of Administrative Order (AO) by meeting will all eight of its members in the ...
Olympians Embrace Nutritional Supplements
Sports federations and hundreds of individual athletes from around the world have embraced dietary supplements as they headed to Rio for this Summer’s Olympic games. At least 14 Olympic sports federations in the U.S. and around the world have recently signed sponsorship deals with sports nutrition companies, including USA Gymnastics and USA Track & Field, ...
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