Articles by Shari Barbanel
CRN Shares Insights for National Birth Defects Awareness Month
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) is sharing scientific and economic data demonstrating the value of choline supplementation for early childhood development among the proactive measures women can take to support the development of a healthy baby. January is National Birth Defects Awareness Month as recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The ...
CRN Announces New Board Chair, Executive Officers and Newly Elected Board Members for 2023
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that Tara Martin, general counsel, Nutrawise/You Theory, will serve as the association’s new board of directors chair beginning in January 2023. Martin succeeds Barry Ritz, PhD, chief scientific officer and vice president, professional R&D and regulatory affairs, Nestlé Health Science, who has served in the role for ...
CRN Applauds New York Governor’s Veto of Legislation for Age Restrictions on Dietary Supplement Sales
On Jan. 3, the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) responded to the veto of New York State Assembly Bill A431-C by Governor Kathy Hochul, which “would have prohibited the sale or distribution of over-the-counter diet pills and dietary supplements for weight loss and muscle building to any person under the age of 18 unless prescribed ...
MPL for Dietary Supplements Omitted From Omnibus Spending Bill
The Omnibus Spending Bill was released on December 20 without including the controversial Mandatory Product Listing (MPL) of dietary supplements. Daniel Fabricant, PhD, president and CEO of the Natural Products Association (NPA), stated, “This is a big win for consumers, for innovation, and for access to the healthy products that millions of Americans rely on ...
FTC Revises Business Guidance for Marketers and Sellers of Health Products
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) Bureau of Consumer Protection has announced the issuance of Health Products Compliance Guidance, the agency’s first revision of its business guidance in this area in nearly 25 years. The revised business guide represents a substantial update to the staff’s 1998 guide, Dietary Supplements: An Advertising Guide For Industry. Since that guide was issued, ...
CRN Refutes NPA’s Comments on its Support of Dietary Supplement Listing Act
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) released a statement saying that it has responded to “false information being propagated on social media and other platforms by the Natural Products Association (NPA) regarding effects of the bi-partisan Dietary Supplement Listing Act, as well as the nature of CRN’s support for the proposal and Sen. Richard Durbin’s ...
Arla Foods Ingredients Enters Supply Partnership With Milcobel
Arla Foods Ingredients (Denmark) has agreed to a new supply arrangement with Belgian dairy cooperative Milcobel. Under the terms of the partnership, Milcobel will provide whey protein retentate sourced from its mozzarella production facility in Langemark. Arla Foods Ingredients will refine the raw material before using it to produce specialty ingredients for high-end protein markets. ...
RIBUS Celebrates 30 Years of Clean Label Ingredient Innovation
RIBUS Inc. (Sparks, NV) closes out 2022 with the celebration of 30 years of business serving the food, beverage, pet and dietary supplement sectors with clean label ingredients to companies around the world. RIBUS, which stands for Rice Ingredient Business United States, said it is the “original clean label ingredient company” that supplies American-made natural and ...
Novella Leverages Advanced Technology to Grow Botanical Ingredients Outside the Field
Nutri-tech start-up Novella, Ltd. (Modiin, Israel), is opening a new chapter in climate-resilient environments through nutrient cultivation. The company said it leveraged proprietary technology to grow nutritious botanical ingredients while leaving the whole plant out of the equation. This novel platform in the plant world will help boost global accessibility to high-value nutraceuticals, according to ...
Increased Use of Government-implemented Warning Labels Can Help Reduce Poor-nutrition Related Diseases
The adoption of best practice front-of-pack nutrition labeling in more countries of Americas can help reduce poor-nutrition related non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, high blood pressure and some cancers in the region, a recent study led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) suggests. The study, published in the Lancet ...
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