Articles by Angela Santoriello
Neptune Completes Plant Ramp-Up
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (Laval, QC, CA), announced that its Sherbrooke plant ramp-up is successfully completed, with the plant now operating at an annualized production capacity of 150 metric tons. “Despite a small delay in our ramp-up schedule, which impacted our sales up to now, we are currently operating at full capacity,” said André ...
CRN Launches Tool to Help Industry Monitor GMP Violations
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced a free online tool that compiles FDA warning letters sent to dietary supplement companies into a searchable database to help industry achieve better regulatory compliance. The database can be used to evaluate FDA’s warning letter allegations of good manufacturing practices (GMPs) violations, products making impermissible claims, and products ...
Sabinsa/Sami Labs Expands Biotech Foothold with Seventh Facility
New Jersey-based Sabinsa’s sister company and ingredient manufacturing arm Sami Labs Ltd., the Bangalore-based Indian multinational health science company, has acquired KCP Biotech. This acquisition will help Sami Labs gain another foothold in the growing biotech market and will aim to strengthen its product portfolio for world markets, an the new facility, spread across five ...
New White Paper on Krill Oil and Raising the Omega-3 Index
Lena Burri, PhD, a respected researcher and scientific writer specializing in omega-3 phospholipids, has authored a new white paper: “Optimizing The Omega-3 Index with Krill Oil,” reported Aker BioMarine. The paper was funded by Aker BioMarine, a reported integrated biotechnology company dedicated to the sustainable harvest of krill and development of krill-derived products, and the ...
New Quick-Melt Technology available at ProTab Labs
ProTab Laboratories (Foothill Ranch, CA) introduced its newly developed and proprietary Qk-MeltTech technology for the manufacture of quick-melt tablets that dissolve rapidly in the mouth, as quickly as 45 seconds, without the need of water. ProTab’s new technology offers an excellent alternative to consumers who experience difficulty swallowing traditional tablets with or without water, reported ...
Study Indicates FruiteX-B Calcium Fructoborate Offers Joint and Flex Benefits
FutureCeuticals, Inc. (Momence, IL) announced publication of the results of a successful human clinical study on FruiteX-B Calcium Fructoborate, a patented mineral complex. The double-blind, placebo-controlled study examined the effects of FruiteX-B with a combination of glucosamine and chondroitin versus glucosamine and chondroitin alone on joint health and flexibility, according to FutureCeuticals, noting outcome measures ...
Distinguished Scientist Joins ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program
ABC-AHP-NCNPR Botanical Adulterants Program (BAP) announced the addition of John H. Cardellina II, PhD, as chief technical consultant and associate editor of the BAP, reported the American Botanical Council (ABC). Cardellina is a renowned, highly respected natural products and botanicals expert, who most recently worked in research and development at McCormick & Co., Inc., where ...
AHPA Launches Import Records Center, Calls for Submission of Reports
In a unique effort to help reduce and shorten import delays, the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has launched the AHPA Import Records Center to collect information on regulatory interruptions encountered when shipping herbs and other goods into the U.S. According to the association, by recording and collating reports of border problems in a centralized ...
NSF and Retailer Group Allign on Supplement, HBA Standards
Ann Harbor, Michigan-based NSF International, a global independent public health organization that writes standards, and tests and certifies products for the commercial and consumer goods, health sciences, food and water industries created the Global Retailer and Manufacturer Alliance (GRMA) earlier this year to develop consensus-based standards for dietary supplements, cosmetics/personal care products, over-the-counter (OTC) drugs ...
Synutra Announces Publication of Chondroitin Testing Protocol
An article on the most effective testing protocols for insuring the purity of chondroitin ingredients, authored by a team of the foremost chondroitin testing experts and scientists, was accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed Journal of AOAC INTERNATIONAL and will be published in the November/December 2014 issue, according to Syntura Ingredients. “Electrophoretic Separation of Impurities ...
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