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Vitamin Angels Launches New Website
Vitamin Angels unveiled its brand new website in celebration of Universal Children’s Day on November 20. “What better day to announce the launch of our website than on a day that celebrates the children we serve?” Vitamin Angels said. The new website features: Updated facts and information on the work Vitamin Angels does and the power of vitamin ...
FDA Determines GE Salmon Safe
“After an exhaustive and rigorous scientific review, FDA [Food and Drug Administration] has arrived at the decision that AquAdvantage salmon is as safe to eat as any non-genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon, and also as nutritious,” the FDA report stated. The FDA scientists evaluated data submitted by the manufacturer, AquaBounty Technologies, and other peer-reviewed data, ...
NPA Welcomes FDA Process to Define “Natural”
The Natural Products Association (NPA) responded to recent steps taken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define the term “natural” on food labels. “It’s about time that natural be defined by experts and no Madison Avenue ad executives,” said Dan Fabricant, PhD, executive director and CEO of the NPA. “NPA strongly supports ...
AHPA Provides Suggestion to Mandatory Product Registration
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Board of Trustees adopted a motion on November 3 to oppose the establishment of a mandatory requirement for dietary supplements to be registered with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a stand-alone approach to improving informed consumer access to a wide variety of safe dietary supplement products. AHPA ...
AHPA Webinar on Kombucha Tax, Labeling and Legislation
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) presented the third in a series of kombucha webinars on November 4, providing regulatory and technical guidance to the kombucha industry from several industry legal experts. AHPA’s kombucha tax, labeling and legislation webinar provided broad overviews of the regulatory landscape for kombucha products, investigated granular requirements for kombucha sold ...
DOJ Announces Supplement Sweep – CRN, NPA and AHPA Express Support
On Tuesday, Nov. 17, Ben Mizer, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the DOJ, revealed the government’s plan for a sweep of actions targeting unlawful dietary supplement makers and marketers. “We are here today to explain the critical steps the federal government is taking to stem the tide of unlawful dietary ...
AHPA Joins Coalition Against Proposed Revision to Prop 65
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) joined a coalition of organizations headed by the California Chamber of Commerce and including the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) and the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC) to express concerns about California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA’s) proposed revisions to the Proposition ...
Jarrow Formulas and Delegation Meet With FDA
Jarrow Formulas, Los Angeles, CA, sent a strongly critical letter to FDA’s (Food and Drug Administration) then-Acting Director Stephen Ostroff, MD, regarding the misrepresentations about safety of probiotics for use with infants. The FDA’s Deputy Director of CFSAN then invited the company to meet with the agency. A delegation affiliated with Jarrow Formulas, Inc. (JFI), ...
AHPA Accepting Nominations for 2016 Awards
Nominations for the American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) 2016 AHPA Awards are now being accepted. The awards will be presented at the annual AHPA member meeting and breakfast scheduled in conjunction with Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA, in March 2016. The annual awards acknowledge individuals and organizations for making substantive, positive contributions to ...
Expo East Wrap-Up
Natural Products Expo East drew more than 25,000 attendees from big box chains to independent retailers. The business-to-business event, produced by New Hope Media, was held at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland, September 16-19 and was co-located with Biofach America – All Things Organic, NPA East and the Harvest Festival. Exhibiting companies, representing the ...
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