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ACI Group Urges Brands to Strengthen Supplier Oversight
Ingredient and raw material distributor ACI Group (United Kingdom) is urging nutrition and functional food brands to take a more proactive approach to supplier engagement and ingredient sourcing as “regulatory scrutiny and sustainability expectations” rise across the sector. Brands are increasingly expected to demonstrate full traceability, ethical sourcing and sustainable practices from raw materials to ...
iHerb Recalls 60,000 Iron Supplements
On June 26, iHerb (Irvine, CA) recalled about 60,000 units of its house brand California Gold Nutrition Iron Supplements over “child safety concerns.” According to the company, the recalled supplements contain iron, which are legally required to be in child-resistant packaging as per the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The packages for the bottles and blister ...
Herbalife’s Aloin Identification Method Certified by AOAC International
California-based Herbalife announced the Association of Official Analytical Collaboration (AOAC International) formally certified its proprietary method for identifying and measuring anthraquinones (aloins) in aloe vera. Regulatory groups require producers of aloe vera products to monitor for naturally occurring compounds such as aloin A, aloin B and aloe-emodin to meet safety guidelines. Herbalife’s method is now ...
NOW Launches Advertising Campaign Focused on Quality and Value
Two years ago, NOW (Bloomingdale, IL) gave consumers 19,000 reasons to feel good spending less on their supplements based on the number of quality tests performed each month. That message has proven highly effective, generating increased in both aided and unaided brand awareness, and brand usage. Since then, NOW has increased its monthly quality testing ...
NOW Testing of SAMe Brands From Amazon Reveals Continued Labeling and Quality Problems
The most recent examination from NOW’s (Bloomingdale, IL) award-winning testing program, demonstrated “profound quality and labeling failings continue” for SAMe samples purchased on Amazon in October 2024. This is the 19th round of testing NOW has performed. NOW previously investigated “suspicious” SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine) supplements from Amazon in March 2020 with all 11 testing at low ...
Nutrition for Children: Definitely Not “Kids’ Stuff”
Parents today are very sophisticated with regard to quality, taste and efficacy for dietary supplements geared to children. The market for children’s health has been faring much better than the adult market if we are to compare a 20 percent boost in kids’ health vs. growth of only about 8 percent for adult health, according ...
NOW Presses Amazon to Act Against Deceptive Dietary Supplement Sellers
NOW continues to press Amazon to act against sellers of dietary supplements seeking to trick consumers into thinking their products are quality, the company stated. In the latest tactic, NOW said it spotted a brand posting certificates of analysis from a third-party testing lab on their website confirming fill weight. Not identity, potency or purity–just ...
Study Shows Most Americans Hold Retailers Responsible for Quality and Safety of Supplements, Personal Care Products and OTC Drugs
According to a new study from global public health organization NSF International, busy consumers with no time for in-depth product research are increasingly relying on retailers to screen out potentially unsafe and low-quality products. The study found that 97 percent of Americans believe it is important for retailers to visit and inspect manufacturing facilities that produce ...
New Analysis Unfairly Maligns and Misrepresents Brain Health Supplement Category, says CRN
In response to a report, “Five unapproved drugs found in cognitive enhancement supplements,” published Sept. 23, in an online issue of Neurology Clinical Practice, Steve Mister, president & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), issued the following statement: The results of this exercise by Dr. Cohen et al. demonstrate this unfortunate, but unsurprising truth: ...
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