Articles by Shari Barbanel
China Passes Food Safety Law: Implications for Supplements
On April 24, 2015 China’s National People’s Congress passed the Food Safety Law, which has implications across the entire food sector including dietary supplements. Since 2010, the U.S. – China Health Products Association has been encouraging the Chinese government to move their dietary supplement, known as “health food,” legislation toward a more open system based ...
Alkemist Labs Now Selling Phytochemical Reference Standards
Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) has officially begun selling phytochemical reference standards developed by Lyon, France-based Extrasynthese, as the U.S. Distribution partner. Petra Erlandson has joined the Alkemist staff as strategic sales manager—reference materials to work with customers on standard selection. A new section of the Alkemist website that lists available products and prices with ...
Mariani Packing Partners with Ganeden Biotech
California-based Mariani Packing Company has partnered with Ohio-based Ganeden Biotech. This partnership allows Mariani to build upon the company’s legacy of innovation through the development of a new portfolio of dried fruit snacks and ingredient products utilizing GanedenBC30 Probiotic Cultures. “We are very excited for our upcoming launch of consumer products, initially focused on digestive ...
IFANCA Names DSM Company of the Year
The Islamic Food and Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) has selected DSM (Parsippany, NJ) as the Company of the Year. The award recognizes DSM’s outstanding halal compliance, implementation and program of label control for halal logo and markings. Stephan Heck, DSM’s senior director quality management, accepted the award at a banquet dinner on behalf of ...
DuPont Nutrition & Health Launches New Positioning
DuPont Nutrition & Health (Copenhagen, Denmark) has launched a new platform to reinforce the strength of the company’s offering to customers and the food industry. Titled “It’s What’s Inside,” the positioning cites all of the key attributes that make DuPont a global leader in specialty food ingredients and food protection, with a foundation in the ...
Link Made Between Early Menopause and Chronic Fatigue
A newfound link between chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and early menopause was reported online in Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS). This link, as well as links with other gynecologic problems and with pelvic pain, may help explain why CFS is two to four times more common in women than in ...
A Woman’s Worth
Suppliers and manufacturers must consider the wide range of women’s needs when it comes to creating dietary supplements. Women are able to have moments in life that are unique to them—such as the miracle of childbirth. But they can also face issues throughout their lives that evolve as they age, including premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and ...
GNC Reaches Agreement with NY AG
On March 30, GNC (Pittsburgh, PA) announced that it has reached an agreement with the New York Attorney General (NYAG) that affirms the company’s Herbal Plus products were in full compliance with the federal U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements and acknowledges GNC’s full cooperation with the AG’s inquiries. In ...
USPTO Confirms Validity of Certain Neptune Patent Claims
Neptune Technologies & Bioressources Inc. (Laval, QC, Canada) received confirmation on the validity of certain claims on its ‘351 Patent (U.S Patent No. 8,278,351). The positive decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) triggers the payment of ongoing royalties to Neptune by Aker Biomarine and ...
AMG Launches New TV Showcase for Natural Products
Alive Media Group (AMG, San Clemente, CA) has just announced a new national TV production to showcase natural products. The Alive & Well HEALTH MINUTE is a hosted and branded series of minute-long feature segments airing on major cable TV networks nationwide. According to AMG CEO Mark Harris, AMG has deals in place with “Lifetime, ...
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