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FTC Revises Business Guidance for Marketers and Sellers of Health Products
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection has announced the issuance of Health Products Compliance Guidance, the agency’s first revision of its business guidance in this area in nearly 25 years. The revised business guide represents a substantial update to the staff’s 1998 guide, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide For Industry. Since that guide was issued, ...
U.S. Herbal Supplement Sales Increased by 9.7 Percent in 2021
Annual sales of herbal dietary supplements in the United States totaled $12.350 billion in 2021, according to the American Botanical Council’s (ABC’s) 2021 Herb Market Report. This represents the highest recorded annual spending on these products in the United States and a 9.7 percent increase from the previous year—the second-highest annual sales growth for herbal supplements since ...
CRN Announces New Board Chair, Executive Officers, and Newly Elected Board Members for 2023
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that Tara Martin, general counsel, Nutrawise/You Theory, will serve as the association’s new board of directors chair beginning in January 2023. Ms. Martin succeeds Barry Ritz, PhD, chief scientific officer and vice president, professional R&D and regulatory affairs, Nestlé Health Science, who has served in the role ...
CRN Refutes NPA’s Comments on its Support of Dietary Supplement Listing Act
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement saying that it has responded to “false information being propagated on social media and other platforms by the Natural Products Association (NPA) regarding effects of the bi-partisan Dietary Supplement Listing Act, as well as the nature of CRN’s support for the proposal and Sen. Richard Durbin’s ...
Farlong Nutraceutical Concludes Clinical Study of InnerPure Supplement
Farlong Nutraceutical (Walnut, CA), a vertically integrated, plant-based ingredient and supplement company, conducted a 30-day double blind, placebo-controlled safety and efficacy study with 125 healthy human subjects using InnerPure Colon Detox to determine the effects on healthy bowel movement, weight management and acne. Conducted by M. Montgomery, PhD, and E. Masters, MD, the study followed ...
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, ...
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