Articles by Shari Barbanel
NPA, CRN Release Statements on Preventive Services Task Force Guidance on Dietary Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) and the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) have issued statements in response to recent findings by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). NPA commented on what USPSTF found in relation between the use of beta carotene and vitamin E for the prevention of cardiovascular disease and cancer. Ultimately, “The ...
ProTab Labs Offers Solutions for Infant Formula Producers Facing Crisis
To tackle the infant formula crisis, producers can rely on Southern California supplement solutions contract manufacturer ProTab Laboratories to blend custom premixes and produce and package infant formula with a rapid turnaround time, the company stated. “ProTab is in the perfect position as a supplement solution manufacturer and packager to prioritize infant formula production with safety and ...
Industry Questions FDA Policy Notice on NDIs
On May 20, FDA’s (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the availability of a draft guidance, “Policy Regarding Certain New Dietary Ingredients and Dietary Supplements Subject to the Requirement for Pre-market Notification.” Under the new policy described in this draft ...
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 ...
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