dietary supplements
Trade Associations React to New COSMOS-Mind Clinical Trial Results
On May 24, new results from a randomized, clinical trial within the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS) were published in the American Journal of Nutrition. The study, known as COSMOS-Web, was conducted by Columbia University, in collaboration with Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Harvard Medical School). The trial results found that multivitamin supplementation slowed ...
CRN Submits Citizen Petition Requesting FDA to Re-interpret Drug Preclusion Clause
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has submitted a Citizen Petition to the FDA requesting that the agency to reconsider its interpretation of the Drug Preclusion Clause. According to the Washington, DC-based trade association, the Clause has been, and will likely continue to be, misapplied to dietary supplement ingredients that FDA has previously acknowledged as ...
NPA Sends Letter on CBD to Colorado State Senate President
Daniel Fabricant, president & CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), has sent a letter to Colorado State Senate President Steve Fenberg, in which he expressed “grave concern” over Senate Bill 23-271, “a bill related to the regulation of compounds that are related to cannabinoids.” Fabricant wrote, “The time for enforcement of CBD is long ...
CRN Welcomes 11 New Member Companies
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the addition of 11 new companies to its membership. Companies joining as voting members include Alternative Laboratories, LLC; BioHarvest Sciences, Inc.; Doctor’s Best and Vit-Best Nutrition; Innobio USA, Inc., Megalabs USA; and Nuritas. In addition, several firms joined as associate members: ArchiMed, DF Guardian Consulting; STC Safety ...
Pharmavite Breaks Ground on New Production Facility in Ohio
Pharmavite LLC is breaking ground on a new 225,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in New Albany, OH. The new facility, which will create 225 new jobs within the Columbus region, will support the growth of Pharmavite’s national vitamin and supplement portfolio, including its Nature Made and MegaFood brands. With more than 50 years of experience developing innovative ...
Nordic Naturals Works with Walmart to Expand Availability of Omega-3 Supplements
Nordic Naturals has made its award-winning omega supplements available in thousands Walmart locations, including: Omega-3, a Vitamin Retailer magazine Vity Award recipient with a non-concentrated, but plentiful, serving of omega-3s for everyday support of the heart and brain. The soft gels contain 690 mg of total omega-3s and is an ideal supplement for those who ...
New FDA CBD Study is Disingenuous at Best, Harmful at Worst, Says NPA
On April 24, the Natural Products Association (NPA) responded to a study conducted by the Office of Food Additive Safety, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), reviewing the oral toxicity of cannabidiol (CBD). “Using drug standards to conduct a ‘supplement study’ is at the very least disingenuous and at the worst very harmful ...
JAMA Research Letter Raises False Alarm Over Levels of Melatonin in Gummies, CRN Says
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to a newly published research letter (“Quantity of Melatonin and CBD in Melatonin Gummies Sold in the U.S.”) appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which suggests that clinicians should “advise” parents that the levels of melatonin in gummies are “unpredictable.” Melatonin is often ...
Amazon Reportedly Enforces Erroneous FDA Adulteration Allegation
An American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) member recently informed AHPA that Amazon has prohibited the sale of products containing Pinellia ternata, presumably based on inaccurate information in a warning letter that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) issued on February 23, 2022. In March 2021, FDA conducted an inspection of dietary supplement manufacturer Princess Lifestyles LLC (San Gabriel, ...
Survey Confirms a Majority of Americans Want to Use Pre-Tax Dollars to Purchase Nutritional Supplements
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) announced the findings of a jointly commissioned Ipsos survey, which explored people’s understanding of how their flexible spending accounts (FSAs) and health savings accounts (HSAs) are used and how they should work, specifically regarding the purchase of dietary supplements. Nearly eight out ...
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