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NOW Tests More Amazon.com Products
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) has continued its testing of supplements from lesser-known brands purchased on Amazon, with this round on the popular mineral magnesium glycinate. Once again, the results showed misleading and inaccurate labeling and many of the products did not contain the claimed material, material form, or amounts, according to NOW. NOW discovered that almost ...
CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars Winners Benefit From Access to Nutrition Science Symposium
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has again partnered with the American Society for Nutrition Foundation (ASNF) to support educational opportunities for the next generation of nutrition scientists and practitioners. The CRN and ASNF Program for Scholars (CAPS) Award was launched last year, providing selected student members of ASN access to CRN’s signature symposium, Science in Session. ...
IADSA Says Micronutrient Deficiency Is a “Wake-up Call”
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA) has developed a new Mind the Gap resource highlighting the findings of a scientific review exposing the true extent of global malnutrition. The study, published in The Lancet, revealed that more than half of preschool-age children and over two thirds of non-pregnant women of reproductive age worldwide have ...
NPA Joins Over 400 Trade Groups Urging Congress to Block Potential Rail Strike
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has joined more than 400 trade groups in writing to Congress to take immediate action to block a potential rail strike that would cost the U.S. $2 billion per day. The letter is addressed to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and Republican Leaders Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy. ...
NOW Rebrands Tea Line to Give Back With Launch of Give a Tea
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) has given its tea line a makeover, with giving back to the community through food bank donations built into the business model. For every two boxes of Give a Tea purchased by retailers, one box of tea is donated to the Chicago Food Depository. “Food pantries expressed a big need for quality, ...
Mason Vitamins Issues Nationwide Recall of Two Supplements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported that Mason Vitamins Inc. (Miami Lakes, FL) has issued a nationwide voluntary recall of the specific lot of Healthy Sense Daily Multiple with Iron and People’s Choice Women’s Daily Vitamins with Iron due to vitamin A, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E and pantothenic acid amounts being ...
MegaFood Introduces New Label Design for Key Product Lines
MegaFood has announced the rollout of new labels for several key product lines. The new, modernized label design began rolling out with best-sellers like Blood Builder Iron, Baby & Me 2 Prenatal supplements and MegaFood Multivitamins in November, with additional products scheduled to hit shelves. The new design keeps familiar MegaFood visual elements—such as its ...
NPA Challenges Proposed Restrictions to Nutritional Supplement Access in NJ
On Nov. 14, the Natural Products Association (NPA) called a New Jersey proposal to restrict access to dietary supplements a slap in the face to public health and consumer choice in public testimony against a proposal being considered in the state legislature. A similar proposal in California was recently vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom. The ...
CRN Responds to FDA Letter Announcing β-NMN Is Not A Dietary Supplement
On Nov. 11, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) announcement that beta-nicotinamide mononucleotide (β-NMN) is not a legal dietary ingredient. CRN President and CEO Steve Mister issued comments expressing his dismay about the ruling. “CRN is alarmed that, once again, FDA changed its position on whether an ...
NOW Staff Promotion and New Hire
NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) Director of Quality Katarzyna “Katie” Banaszewski has been promoted to senior director of quality, and Yalda Shokooh, PharmD, PhD, has joined NOW as director of science and nutrition overseeing the nutritional science department. “For many years, NOW has made our quality team a priority, which included recruiting and promoting the best talent ...
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