Articles by Shari Barbanel
Rhode Island Senate Passes Amended Legislation Restricting Dietary Supplement Accessibility
On June 7, the Rhode Island State Senate approved an amended version of S. 2613, which prohibits the sale of certain dietary supplements to youths under the age of 18. The original version would have prohibited dietary supplements from being directly accessible to customers and mandate that only retail clerks may have access to them; ...
Balchem Agrees to Acquire Kappa Bioscience
Balchem Corporation (New Hampton, NY), a global specialty ingredients company focused on nutrition and health, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kappa Bioscience AS, a manufacturer of specialty vitamin K2 for the human nutrition industry, headquartered in Oslo, Norway. Vitamin K2 is a fast-growing specialty vitamin that plays a crucial role in the human ...
NPA Responds to Report of Increased, Unintentional Pediatric Melatonin Ingestion
Over the past decade and particularly since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of melatonin supplements to address sleep issues has increased significantly by both adults and children. On Thursday, June 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a 10-year study that found a sharp increase in the use of ...
GC Rieber Foundations Expand its Philanthropic Work
GC Rieber VivoMega (Norway) has shared the news regarding The GC Rieber Foundation’s new corporate philanthropic endeavor. The GC Rieber Foundations have increased its ownership in the GC Rieber Group to nearly 50 percent, which means that almost 50 percent of its annual earnings goes back to society through social, cultural and scientific contributions. “Our vision today, ...
DSM and World Food Programme Extend Partnership to Improve Nutrition
Royal DSM (The Netherlands) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have agreed to extend their partnership and scale up rice fortification worldwide for a further three years. The partnership will seek to improve the availability and accessibility of nutritious foods in order to reach vulnerable people where key dietary decisions are made. DSM and the ...
BENEO Acquires Meatless B.V. to Expand its Portfolio of Plant-based Solutions
BENEO (Germany), has announced the acquisition of Dutch company, Meatless B.V., ensuring that BENEO becomes a major player in the field of plant-based texturizing solutions for meat and fish alternatives. The move comes amid a huge rise in demand for plant-based products, with figures showing that the market for fish and meat alternatives is expected ...
OBX Implements Acumatica’s Enterprise Resource Planning Software
Open Book Extracts (OBX, Roxboro, NC) has implemented Acumatica’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to bring new efficiency and productivity to the company’s expanding business. The company wanted to increase operational efficiency throughout its organization, and selected Acumatica’s ERP system to help integrate and consolidate all company departments into a single solution. Acumatica’s ERP software ...
Kerry Opens Largest and Most Advanced Taste Facility in Africa
Kerry (Ireland) officially opened the largest and most advanced taste manufacturing facility on the African continent, the company stated. The new R650m (€38m) facility is located in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and will produce sustainable nutrition solutions that will be consumed across the African continent. The official opening was attended by Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry ...
NOW Continues Testing of Dietary Supplement Brands Sold on Amazon
NOW (Bloomingdale, Il) continued its award-winning industry self-policing program of testing unfamiliar brands found on Amazon, and the cheating continues, the company stated. The program, begun in 2017, tests high value products sold by unheard of brands on Amazon at both internal and external labs, and evaluates the results compared to label claims. NOW reexamined ...
Open Book Extracts Completes Phase 1 of Toxicology and Safety Assessment for CBG, CBN and CBC
Open Book Extracts (OBX, Roxboro, NC) has announced the completion of phase one of the toxicology and safety results for its cannabinoid ingredients cannabigerol (CBG), cannabinol (CBN), and cannabichromene (CBC). OBX contracted respected scientific and regulatory consulting firm, AIBMR Life Sciences, Inc, to conduct the battery of toxicological studies to investigate the safety of the ...
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