Articles by Shari Barbanel
Aloha Medicinals Expands Production Footprint
Aloha Medicinals is expanding its production footprint with a second facility, adding more climate-controlled grow rooms and new processing capabilities to its existing operation in Carson City, NV. The expansion builds on the company’s established cultivation and quality systems, giving Aloha Medicinals more capacity to support larger customer programs, maintain the batch-to-batch consistency its partners ...
Medicinal Genomics Launches Next-Day Pathogen Testing for Dietary Supplements
Medicinal Genomics (Beverly, MA) has launched a rapid microbial testing solution for dietary supplement manufacturers that delivers next-day pathogen results, compared with the three to five days typical of USP <2022> culture methods. The solution includes three PathoSEEK multiplex qPCR assays, paired with the MaGiC Lysis Kit, to detect Salmonella, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology testing is often ...
MartinBauer Nutraceuticals Launches Dedicated U.S. Nutraceuticals Unit
Following the successful launch of MartinBauer Nutraceuticals in Europe, the company has announced the establishment of its dedicated U.S. Nutraceuticals business unit, marking the next phase of its international growth strategy and strengthening its commitment to the North American dietary supplement market. The new business unit combines MartinBauer’s botanical sourcing, plant science and extraction expertise ...
HTBA Acquires Specnova
HealthTech Bio Actives (HTBA, Barcelona, Spain) has announced the acquisition of Virginia-based Specnova, a biotechnology company specialized in next-generation ingredient delivery technologies to improve the bioavailability, performance and efficacy of plant compounds, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and peptides. This is HTBA’s first acquisition and marks a strategic milestone for both companies, bringing together their complementary ...
OmegaQuant Awarded Additional NIH Funding to Test Blood Fatty Acid Algorithm as Earlier Predictor of Insulin Resistance
OmegaQuant Analytics (Sioux Falls, SD) has received additional funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance research into a blood fatty acid-based algorithm as a potentially earlier and more accessible predictor of insulin resistance. The newly funded project, “Testing a Blood Fatty Acid Algorithm as an Earlier and Easier Predictor of Insulin Resistance,” builds on OmegaQuant’s ...
California Passes Age Restriction Law on Weight-loss and Muscle-building Supplements
On Sept. 28, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 2030, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to consumers under the age of 18. AB 2030 prohibits the sale of dietary supplements that are “labeled, marketed or otherwise represented for weight loss or muscle building,” and over-the-counter diet pills to consumers under 18 (with ...
CHPA Honors Julie Aker with 2026 William Cooley Career Achievement Award
The Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) has announced that Julie Aker, former chief executive officer of Concentrics Research, is this year’s recipient of the William Cooley Regulatory & Scientific Affairs Career Achievement Award, recognizing a career defined by scientific innovation, regulatory leadership, and extraordinary contributions to advancing Rx-to-OTC (over-the-counter) switches and consumer access to self-care. Named ...
ADM Issues 2026 Regenerative Agriculture Report
ADM (Chicago, IL) has released its fourth annual regenerative agriculture report, showing how its programs are supporting farmers, strengthening agricultural supply chains and delivering measurable environmental outcomes around the world. “Resilience starts on the farm. By improving and protecting soil health, farmers can be better equipped to adapt to changing conditions and maintain productive operations,” ...
EuroPharma Announces Holly Hirsch as Interim President & CEO
EuroPharma, Inc. (Green Bay, WI), the employee-owned company behind Terry Naturally, announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Holly Hirsch as interim president & chief executive officer, effective immediately. Hirsch has served as EuroPharma’s chief operating officer, working closely with company founder, CEO and president, Terry Lemerond to advance its strategic priorities and position ...
California Exempts Dietary Supplements From Food Date Labeling Requirements
California has exempted dietary supplements from AB 2779, which requires food manufacturers, processors or retailers responsible for the labeling of food items for human consumption to display a date label to use specified uniform terms on the date label, as provided. According to the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), without that exemption, dietary supplements could ...
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