Steve Mister
D.C. and the Natural Industry
Experts weigh in on Washington and the natural products industry. Participants: • Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Foods, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com • Mark A. LeDoux, Chairman and CEO, Natural Alternatives International, Carlsbad, CA, http://nai-online.com • Dan Lifton, President, Proprietary Branded Ingredients Group, Maypro, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com • Steve Mister, President and CEO, Council for Responsible Nutrition ...
The Supplement OWL Takes Flight
One year after the project was formally announced, the Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) became a reality, as the online product registry is now live. Serving as a resource for regulators, retailers, and industry, the OWL is an industry-wide, self-regulatory initiative that will help create a rich and more complete picture of the marketplace, and can ...
New Dietary Supplement Product Registry Ready to Accept Product Labels
The Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) is now accepting product labels from dietary supplement finished product manufacturers and marketers as the product registry moves into its phase two of beta-testing. Nine companies served as original beta-testers, working with UL, the global independent safety science company who is developing and administering the Supplement OWL, to improve ...
Five Companies Added to CRN’s Membership Roster
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) welcomed the addition of five new member companies to its membership roster. These companies include: voting members—ChromaDex, Mazza Innovation Ltd, New Avon LLC, Tishcon Corp. and associate Member—Smidt Labs, LLC. “Membership is the foundation of CRN, as our members give us the ability to make our voice stronger,” said ...
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 ...
CRN Announces Supplement Product Registry to be Launched This Year
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), a leading trade association for the dietary supplement industry, announced that its Board has unanimously authorized the creation of an industry-wide dietary supplement product registry to be launched by the end of the year. The registry will be developed and managed by a third-party vendor, and CRN plans to ...
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 ...
NYAG Targets Devil’s Claw Supplements, Industry Responds
On September 9, New York Attorney General (NYAG) Eric Schneiderman sent cease-and-desist letters to 13 companies that sell devil’s claw herbal dietary supplements informing them that their products containing devil’s claw material were tested at the New York Botanical Garden using DNA technology. The results showed that the devil’s claw was a different botanical species ...
CRN Urges Removal of Steroid Muscle-Growth Products
Steve Mister, president and CEO of Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), issued the following response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) consumer advisory for Tri-Methyl Extreme on April 13th: “We urge consumers to take seriously FDA’s consumer advisory urging people not to use a product for muscle growth that the agency has indicated is linked ...
CRN Elects Harvey Kamil Chair of Board of Directors
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced that Harvey Kamil, vice chairman of NBTY, Inc., was elected chair of the association’s Board of Directors from now through 2016, succeeding John Blair, senior vice president of The Juice Plus+ Company, who will continue to serve on the Board as immediate past chair. Kamil brings more than 30 years ...
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