Articles by Shari Barbanel
New Hampshire Joins List of States to Propose CBD Regs
As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to defy mounting requests from the U.S. Congress and the natural products industry to provide science-based and public health regulations for CBD, more states are rushing in to fill the vacuum, according to the Natural Products Association (NPA). New Hampshire recently joined Virginia, Texas and Hawaii ...
NOW Raises Concerns About Phosphatidyl Serine Supplements Purchased on Amazon.com
Following NOW’s (Bloomingdale, IL) report earlier this year of CoQ10, acetyl-l-carnitine and SAMe supplements with alarming quality and labeling problems sold on Amazon, NOW has identified similar serious failings in the phosphatidyl serine (PS) category, the company stated. NOW purchased and tested a group of PS products on Amazon, choosing this particular supplement for several ...
NARB Recommends Church & Dwight Discontinue “Clinically Proven Absorption” Claim for Vitafusion Gummy Vitamins
A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), a division of BBB National Programs, has recommended that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (Ewing, NJ) discontinue the claim “Clinically Proven Absorption” for its Vitafusion gummy line of dietary supplements. The advertising at issue had been challenged by competitor Pharmavite LLC (West Hills, CA) before the ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Up Dramatically During Pandemic, New Ipsos-CRN Survey Shows
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has issued results of a COVID-19-focused consumer survey that discovered more than two in five (43 percent) of dietary supplement users have changed their supplement routines since the start of the pandemic. Among those who altered their regimens due to COVID-19, 91 percent report increasing their supplement intake which ...
CANI Announces Lifetime Achievement Honors for 4 Members
The Consultants Association for the Natural Products Industry (CANI) has announced Lifetime Achievement award honors for four of its long-time members including Rakesh M. Amin, partner with the law group Amin Talati Wasserman, Robert Forbes, founder and managing director of Robert Forbes and Associates (RFA), Kathy Francis, head of Specialty Insurance Partners (SIP) and Sheldon ...
New Study Confirms Vitamin K Status Marker Link to Cardio Risk
Clinical Biochemistry recently published a Danish population study that examined the link between inactive matrix Gla protein (MGP), a known biomarker for K-vitamins status, and cardiovascular risk and concluded that high levels of this inactive protein were positively associated with a history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) due to the role vitamin K2 plays in vascular ...
Florida Food Products Acquires Amelia Bay, LLC
Florida Food Products (FFP, Eustis, FL) has acquired Amelia Bay, LLC., a provider of fresh brewed tea extracts, coffee extracts and botanicals based out of Johns Creek, GA. The acquisition will strengthen FFP’s position in the clean label ingredients space by adding a beverage platform to its portfolio of natural products within the meat, savory, ...
NPA Proposes Streamlined Data Sharing at FDA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) outlined a streamlined process to facilitate data sharing within the agency in comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Specifically, NPA suggested sharing data from the Office of Dietary Supplement Programs on structure/function claim notifications, new dietary ingredient (NDI) notifications, current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) inspections and certificate ...
SupplySide West and Food ingredients North America 2020 Canceled
In light of the continuing COVID-19 situation, and in consultation with key stakeholders across the health and nutrition industry, SupplySide announced the decision to cancel the in-person SupplySide West and Food ingredients North America event, scheduled for Oct. 27-30, 2020, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. According to the trade show organizers, the conclusion ...
ingredientsonline.com Launches Seller System 2.0
California-based ingredientsonline.com, a B2B e-commerce platform connecting buyers and sellers of nutritional raw ingredients, has launched the new Seller System 2.0. The company stated that the system brings their sellers new benefits and features to enhance their ingredient listings. The ingredientsonline.com Seller System is the back-end system sellers use to manage all aspects of their ...
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