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Optimum Nutrition Celebrates 30 Years
Optimum Nutrition (ON), a leader in sports nutrition, recently revealed plans to celebrate 30 years of helping athletes achieve their fitness goals. Founded in 1986, ON has helped to define the modern sports nutrition industry through its commitment to quality and innovation. To mark the occasion of its 30th year, ON is engaging its fans with ...
CRN Applauds GMO Labeling Bill
In response to passage of S. 764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement on July 15 by Steve Mister, president and CEO: “CRN appreciates the bi-partisan, cooperative efforts demonstrated by Congress in passing a bill ...
Herbalife to Restructure and Pay $200 M to Settle FTC Charges
Herbalife International of America, Inc., Herbalife International, Inc. and Herbalife, Ltd. have agreed to fully restructure their U.S. business operations and pay $200 million to compensate consumers to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that the companies deceived consumers into believing they could earn substantial money selling diet, nutritional supplement and personal care products. In its complaint ...
Supplementation During Pregnancy is Critical
In response to a report titled “Vitamin supplementation in pregnancy” published on July 12 in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, Duffy MacKay, N.D., senior vice president, scientific and regulatory affairs with the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement: “Reputable medical organizations, including the ...
NOW Website Expands Retailer Search Function, Introduces Canadian Version
NOW, a family-owned manufacturer of dietary supplements, personal care and natural foods, has launched a newly-designed, responsive website which expands upon the company’s support of natural product retailers, as well as offering a Canadian version of the site. Streamlined and intuitive, the new site design makes it easier to find information on products, quality, safety, ...
Danone to Acquire WhiteWave Foods for $12.5 B
Danone and The WhiteWave Foods Company (WhiteWave) recently announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, where France-based Danone will acquire WhiteWave for $56.25 per share in an all-cash transaction, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $12.5 billion, including debt and certain other WhiteWave liabilities. The Board of Directors of both companies ...
GMO Food Labeling Bill Passes In The Senate
According to a Reuters report, the U.S. Senate on Thursday, July 7, approved legislation that would for the first time require food to carry labels listing genetically-modified ingredients, which labeling supporters say could create loopholes for some U.S. crops. The Senate voted 63-30 for the bill that would display GMO contents with words, pictures or ...
CRN Names UL to Develop and Administer Supplement Product Registry
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, on June 30 announced it has retained UL, a global independent safety science company, to develop and administer the dietary supplement product registry that CRN said “will help create a fuller picture about the dietary supplement industry for ...
NOW Partners with GrassrootsHealth to Fund Prenatal Vitamin D Project
Illinois-based NOW, a family-owned manufacturer of dietary supplements, has provided more than $100,000 in funding and vitamin D supplements to support Protect Our Children NOW!, a two-year grassroots prenatal Vitamin D project to improve birth outcomes and combat increased health care costs associated with vitamin D deficiency in utero. The pilot program, spearheaded by GrassrootsHealth, an ...
Senate Agriculture Committee Reaches Agreement on GMO Labeling
A bipartisan agreement was reached by the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow to create a national standard for labeling GMO foods. The proposed legislation will be a solution to the state-by-state labeling patchwork, providing a federal standard that preempts state-by-state GMO labeling laws. This prevents states or ...
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