Articles by Shari Barbanel
Senate Confirms Hahn as FDA Commissioner
In a 72-18 Senate vote, Stephen Hahn, MD, FASTRO was confirmed as the new head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), taking charge at a regulatory agency that oversees products ranging from complex cancer drugs, to food, cosmetics, tobacco and CBD. “We look forward to working with Dr. Hahn and his staff to ...
IFF to Merge with DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences Business
IFF (New York, NY) and DuPont (Wilmington, DE) have announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for the merger of IFF and DuPont’s Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) business in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction. The deal values the combined company at $45.4 billion on an enterprise value basis, reflecting a value of $26.2 ...
Nutrition Organizations Unite to Form the American Nutrition Association
Five leading nutrition organizations have united to form the American Nutrition Association (ANA). They are the American College of Nutrition, Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, Center for Nutrition Advocacy, Accreditation Council for Nutrition Professional Education and American Nutrition Association Foundation. “There is a profound nutrition gap, said Michael Stroka, CEO of the ANA. “Relative to ...
FDA Issues CBD Warning Letters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to 15 companies for, according the agency, illegally selling products containing cannabidiol (CBD) in ways that violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The FDA also published a revised Consumer Update detailing safety concerns about CBD products more broadly. The agency stated, based ...
IFF Health to Enter Strategic Collaboration With BY-HEALTH
IFF Health (Shanghai, China) has announced a strategic partnership for R&D of anti-aging ingredients with BY-HEALTH Co., a Chinese maker of dietary supplements and raw materials. This multinational, Asia-Pacific company was founded in 2002 and has adhered to a differentiated global quality strategy. According to the World Health Organization, by 2050 the global population of ...
Trade Magazine’s “Person of the Year” Sets Off Consumer Confusion at Whole Foods Market
When WholeFoods magazine recently named Mitch McConnell “Person of the Year” in the December 2019 issue, a storm of consumer confusion was set off for Whole Foods Market. After the New Jersey-based b-to-b natural products publication made the announcement, Republican senator and senate majority leader McConnell tweeted, “Honored to be named @WholeFoodsMag 2019 Person of the Year.” Immediately, ...
Reduced Carbohydrate Intake Improves Type 2 Diabetics’ Ability to Regulate Blood Sugar
Patients with type 2 diabetes improve their ability to regulate blood sugar levels if they eat food with a reduced carbohydrate content and an increased share of protein and fat. This is shown by a recent study conducted at Bispebjerg Hospital in collaboration with, among other partners, Aarhus University and the Department of Nutrition, Exercise ...
New Approaches for Healthy Blood Sugar
With metabolic syndrome and diabetes becoming more of a danger than ever, ingredient suppliers and manufacturers are working together to help Americans maintain healthy blood sugar levels. It has been said that metabolic syndrome and diabetes may be the largest epidemics of the 21st century. In fact, 1.5 million Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every ...
CRN Demonstrates Commitment to Advance Nutrition Education
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that three students from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University were given educational awards to attend The Workshop: CRN’s Day of Science, held earlier this month in Carlsbad, CA. As part of the award, the recipients, Carley Bowering, Kate Harrington and Emily ...
IADSA Widens Scope of “Mind the Gap” to Include Omega-3 and Folic Acid
The International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Association (IADSA) has launched two new Mind the Gap resources explaining the critical importance of omega-3 and folic acid in maternal and infant nutrition. “Omega-3: The Making of You” addresses a baby’s first 1,000 days of life, from conception to the age of two, which experts believe are the most ...
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