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NPA Responds to TINA Concerning Letters to Manufacturers Regarding How Energy Drinks Are Regulated
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has responded to Truth in Advertising, Inc.’s (TINA’s) and the UConn Rudd Center for Food Policy & Health’s letters to manufacturers of energy drink products regarding concerns about “certain practices and their compliance with Federal Law.” In December, the two companies sent warning letters to over 40 U.S. energy drink ...
NOW Continues Testing of Dietary Supplement Brands Sold on Amazon
NOW continued its award-winning industry self-policing program of testing unfamiliar brands found on Amazon, and the cheating continues, the company stated. The program, begun in 2017, tests high value products sold by unheard of brands on Amazon at both internal and external labs, and evaluates the results compared to label claims. NOW reexamined eight brands ...
NPA Asks Candidates to Take Positions on Natural Products Ahead of 2020
The Natural Products Association (NPA) is asking candidates for office in 2020 to take positions on issues that impact the health of millions of Americans who are looking for ways to stay healthy during this critical time. The questionnaire, sent to all candidates running for the U.S. House and U.S. Senate, asks candidates to take positions ...
NPA Asks for Consistent National Standard for Plant-based Food Labeling
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a policy of enforcement discretion on standards of identity for products that use dairy names to describe plant-based products such as “soy milk” and “almond milk.” “Plant-based products, as long as they are properly qualified, like almond milk, soy ...
CRN Appreciates Obama’s Swift Signing of Federal GMO Labeling Bill
In response to President Obama’s July 29 signing of S.764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement by Steve Mister, CRN president and CEO: “We extend thanks to President Obama for his signature of S.764. This ...
CRN Applauds GMO Labeling Bill
In response to passage of S. 764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry, issued the following statement on July 15 by Steve Mister, president and CEO: “CRN appreciates the bi-partisan, cooperative efforts demonstrated by Congress in passing a bill ...
Senate Agriculture Committee Reaches Agreement on GMO Labeling
A bipartisan agreement was reached by the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee Pat Roberts and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow to create a national standard for labeling GMO foods. The proposed legislation will be a solution to the state-by-state labeling patchwork, providing a federal standard that preempts state-by-state GMO labeling laws. This prevents states or ...
CRN Announces Members Will Submit Product Labels to ODS Label Database
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, announced what it called “a first, and necessary, step” toward improving transparency in the supplement industry by requiring all CRN members as a condition of membership submit their supplement product labels to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Dietary ...
Campbell Soup Disclosing Presence of GMOs in its Products
Campbell Soup Company announced its support for the enactment of federal legislation to establish a single mandatory labeling standard for foods derived from genetically modified organisms (GMOs). According to the company’s press release, Campbell believes it is necessary for the federal government to provide a national standard for labeling requirements to better inform consumers about ...
NPA Submits Comments on Voluntary GE Labeling
The Natural Products Association (NPA) submitted comments regarding the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Draft Guidance for Industry on Voluntary Labeling Indicating Whether Foods Have or Have Not Been Derived From Genetically Engineered (GE) Plants. The FDA’s position on the labeling of genetically engineered foods is unchanged from its initial 1992 policy statement. While NPA ...
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