Articles by Shari Barbanel
Robinson Pharma Opens New Facility
Robinson Pharma, Inc. (RPI, Santa Ana, CA), a contract manufacturer of nutraceutical and dietary supplements, has announced its newest expansion. A new building will be located at 1585 MacArthur Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA. This new addition brings RPI to now six buildings and totaling more than 650,000 square feet. The new state-of-the-art eco-friendly facility will ...
NSF Brings Scientific Testing, Auditing and Certification to the Hemp and CBD Industry
NSF International has announced it is providing a wide variety of independent testing, verification, auditing and certification services to manufacturers of consumer products containing hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). NSF subsidiary Quality Assurance International, Inc. (QAI), a USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)-accredited organic certifier, began offering organic certification of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products last month. Hemp ...
INS Farms’ Elder Pure Tru-ID Certified
INS Farms (Purdy, MO) has announced that its flagship North American black elderberry ingredient Elder Pure is now Tru-ID certified. Elder Pure is US-cultivated Sambucus nigraand is a sustainable source that can be authenticated, according to INS Farms CEO Devon Bennett. The Tru-ID testing certification “authenticates that the elderberry is the species we have identified ...
Sabinsa Opens Sales Office in Poland to Serve Eastern Europe
Sabinsa (East Windsor, NJ) continues its global expansion with the opening of a warehousing, sales and distribution office in Poland and bringing on staff to serve customers in the growing East European, Eastern Block as well as CIS countries. Thomasz Majewski has joined the company as country head Poland & Eastern Europe, supervising and setting ...
VDF/FutureCeuticals and SouthAm Freeze Dry Announce Business Partnership
The Van Drunen Family of Companies (Van Drunen Farms) and SouthAm Freeze Dry have announced a new partnership whereby Van Drunen Farms will take a majority stake in SouthAm. Van Drunen Farms, with headquarters in Momence, IL, is a world leader in agriculture, food science, and dehydrating fruits, vegetables and grains. SouthAm is a freeze-dried fruit ...
Colorado Governor Charts Course for CBD and Hemp Innovation
Colorado Governor Jared Polis rallied more than 200 hemp farmers, manufacturers, producers, retailers, and industry professionals during his keynote address to the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) Hemp-CBD (cannabidiol) Supplement Congress held earlier this month. No stranger to CBD and hemp legislation, Polis called for action for an easier hemp licensing application process, which he ...
CRN Announces Agenda for The Workshop
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the agenda for The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science taking place Wednesday, Nov. 6, in tandem with The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry, Nov. 6–9, at the Park Hyatt Aviara in Carlsbad, CA. This year, The Workshop is comprised of two thematic sessions: 1) Optimizing Nutrition to Promote Healthy ...
NPA Files For Bankruptcy
The Natural Products Association (NPA), which said it is the largest and oldest U.S. nonprofit dedicated to the natural products industry, filed for bankruptcy protection on August 19, citing six straight years of losses and a costly arbitration with a former chief financial officer. CEO and President Daniel Fabricant, PhD said in a filing with ...
Prinova Expands Into Asia-Pacific With New Subsidiary in Australia
Global ingredients and premix supplier Prinova has expanded into the Asia-Pacific market with the establishment of an entity in Australia. The new subsidiary of Prinova Europe Ltd. will serve customers in Australia and New Zealand. It comes in direct response to demand from global clients seeking production support in APAC and follows Prinova’s considerable success ...
CRN Welcomes Seven New Companies
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), has announced seven new companies have joined the association’s membership ranks. The new member companies are: Voting Members Functional Remedies Harvest One SloIron Inc. Specialty Enzymes & Probiotics Associate Members Schooley Mitchell TagOne Vicente Sederberg LLP For more information, visit www.crnusa.org.
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