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Administration Provides Tariff Relief for Certain Botanical Ingredients
As part of an executive order issued on Nov. 14, President Donald Trump revised and expanded the set of commodities in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) that are exempt from reciprocal tariffs. These changes, which are reflected in updates to Annex II and Annex III partially target commodities that cannot be sourced within the United ...
AHPA Responds to Annex III Tariff Rules for Herbal Commodities
On Sept. 5, President Donald Trump passed a new executive order taking a range of actions regarding the tariff policies. The changes include the addition of Annex III, which contains commodities that may be exempt from the reciprocal tariffs. According to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), the herbal commodities in Annex III include those ...
Curcumin: Relieving Depression and Pain
Inflammation may be behind your pain—physical and psychological. Curcumin may be the answer to both. That the lurking behind that pain you’re experiencing is uncontrolled inflammation is no surprise. That that same inflammation is behind your psychological pain comes as a big surprise. Emerging evidence is pointing to inflammation as an important factor in depression. ...
Joint Discussion
The joint health category is on the move, and customers are excited about the idea of protecting their mobility as part of a healthy longevity lifestyle. Scientists are working on regrowing cartilage in an attempt to help people preserve their joints and stave off potential knee or hip replacements. For example, in August of 2024, ...
Parkinson’s and Other Neuro Disorders: The Broken Brain
There is nothing quite as scary as finding out your brain isn’t working properly. It is not an overstatement to say that many of us feel our brains house our identity, our mind, our personality. While we like to reassure ourselves that our thoughts and behavior are fully under our conscious control, having a brain ...
U.S. Sales of Herbal Supplements Increased in 2023
According to American Botanical Council (ABC)’s 2023 Herb Market Report, U.S. consumers spent an additional $533 million on herbal supplements in 2023 compared to 2022, a 4.4 percent increase in annual sales. The 2023 report is based on U.S. retail sales data provided by SPINS and Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ). The report was co-written by ...
CRN Responds to Study Claiming Six Botanicals Cause Liver Damage
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to a study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) claiming six popular herbal supplement ingredients (turmeric, green tea extract, Garcinia cambogia, black cohosh, red yeast rice and ashwagandha) are potentially “hepatotoxic.” Contrary to misleading headlines from the study, there is no evidence that these ...
U.S. Sales of Herbal Supplements Decline Slightly in 2022
A report co-authored by the American Botanical Council (ABC, Austin, TX), SPINS (Chicago, IL) and Nutrition Business Journal (NBJ, Boulder, CO) stated retail sales of herbal supplements in the United States totaled an estimated $12.121 billion in 2022, a 1.9 percent decrease over the previous year. This marks the first time in almost 20 years ...
Want to Live a Long Time? Polyphenols Will Help Get You There
There is a huge amount of marketing around anti-aging interventions. Creams, potions, diets, medications, devices, surgeries, fasting, exercise programs—all with a claim to turn back the hands of time. There is no perfect and easy answer, but there are some things you can do to slow down the damage that is done as we age, ...
CRN Responds to Cholesterol Study That Compares Supplements to Prescription Drug
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has responded to results of the “Supplements, Placebo, or Rosuvastatin (SPORT)” Study. It was presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions Nov. 6 and published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. SPORT, funded by AstraZeneca, the company that markets Rosuvastatin, compared the effect on low-density ...
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