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NPA and AHPA Support FDA Efforts on Adulterated Dietary Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has made it very clear that it will crack down on manufacturers selling adulterated products. Daniel Fabricant, PhD, executive director and CEO, NPA, who was the former director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), commented on a new report in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), in which the authors ...
Vitamin Angels Receives Humanitarian Award from American College of Nutrition
The American College of Nutrition (ACN, Santa Barbara, CA) presented its annual awards at the organization’s 55th Annual Conference and Vitamin Angels was chosen to receive the college’s Humanitarian Award for its two decades of live-saving work providing vitamins and minerals to pregnant women, new mothers and children. The award will was received by Howard Schiffer ...
Organic & Natural Health Association Launches Campaign to Define “Natural” Standards at Supply Side West
Earlier this month, the newly formed trade organization, Organic & Natural Health Association (Organic & Natural) hosted a panel discussion to advance an urgent conversation around defining “natural” at Supply Side West in Las Vegas. “Our first objective as an organization is to push forward and set the standard for natural products, creating transparent and ...
Authors Retract Green Coffee Bean Diet Paper Touted by Dr. Oz
According to Retraction Watch report, two authors of a 2012 paper cited on The Dr. Oz Show, which made grand claims about green coffee bean extract’s abilities to help people lose weight, have retracted it. The study’s sponsors, Joe Vinson and Bryan Burnham, cannot assure the validity of the data so so they are retracting the paper, reported ...
DSC Briefs Congressional Staffers On History of DSHEA
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) in 1994, congressional staffers learned the history and impact of
Japanese Organic Market Jumps
It is estimated that one in five Japanese eat or use an organic product at least once a week, creating more demand than the country alone can deliver, according to information provided by BioFach Japan and reported by Organic and Wellness News. The current volume of both domestic and imported organic products total more than 150 ...
CRN Conference to Feature Best-Selling Author and Business Leader
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced best-selling author and business leader Jason Jennings will share his five secrets of change at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry, in November. According to the council, Jennings is one of the most successful and prolific business and leadership authors in the world, ...
AjiPure Expands North American Retail Network
Ajinomoto North America, Inc. has expanded its North American retail network for its AjiPure line of amino acid supplements. According to the Raleigh, North Carolina-based company, focusing this expansion on independent retailers allows for a higher level of personal attention to customers and the widespread attention allows Ajinomoto North America to better inform consumers about the ...
MetaBrand Capital Invests $5.75 Million in Organic Beverage Maker Runa
MetaBrand Capital (Edison, NJ) announce a $5.75 million investment in Brooklyn, NY-based Runa LLC, supporting the growth of the natural, “healthy energy” food and beverage category utilizing the Amazonian guayusa tree-leaf. Taking the Triple-Bottom Line approach to corporate social responsibility one step further, MetaBrand founder and longtime natural products entrepreneur Eric Schnell said he embraces ...
Environmental Working Group Food Database Launch Just Weeks Away
The Environmental Working Group (Washington, D.C., EWG) Food Database has been years in the making and its release is just weeks away, reported the faction. EWG announced soon consumers will have access to ratings on more than 80,000 food products based on three key factors: nutrition, ingredient concerns and degree of processing right at their fingertips. ...
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