Articles by Shari Barbanel
BI Renews Laboratory Accreditation, Expands Scope
BI (Rancho Dominguez, CA) has announced successful renewal of its ISO/IEC 17025:2017 certification by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). BI’s accreditation was expanded in scope to include both contaminants and safety measures specific to BI’s Identilok species identification testing. “The renewal of our ISO 17025 accreditation demonstrates our commitment to sustaining the quality ...
Robinson Pharma, Inc., Receives SQF Certification
Robinson Pharma, Inc. (California) has announced that it has achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification. This means that the facilities was audited by the SQF Institute using an accredited certification process and RPI is now registered as meeting the requirements for the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing, Edition 8. The SQF Certification program is ...
AHPA Recommends FDA Implement Policies to Support Responsible Innovation
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted extensive and specific policy recommendations on July 15 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support responsible dietary supplement innovation while preserving and strengthening FDA’s ability to efficiently and effectively protect the public from unsafe and unlawful products. AHPA submitted these recommendations to FDA in response to an ...
DuPont Opens World-class Probiotics Fermentation Unit
DuPont has announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, NY facility. Construction of the unit was completed in March as part of an overall $100MM investment to expand probiotics capacity. The facility is now producing high-quality probiotics for the dietary supplement and food and beverage industries, which have the ...
DSM and Avril Collaborate to Increase Plant-based Protein Options
Royal DSM (Heerlen, Netherlands), a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and sustainable living, and Avril, an international French agro-industrial group, intend to work together to meet the growing consumer demand for plant-based proteins. Together, DSM and Avril will produce a protein-based, non-genetically modified canola. According to the companies, it has excellent functional properties, ...
Vitaquest International to Expand Manufacturing Footprint
Vitaquest International has announced that it has agreed to lease a new manufacturing site in Parsippany, NJ, nearby the company’s headquarters in West Caldwell. The decision will increase manufacturing, warehousing, product development and laboratory space by more than 50 percent, making Vitaquest one of the largest companies of its kind in the United States. Manufacturing ...
AHPA to Host Inaugural Hemp-CBD Dietary Supplement Congress
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) is presenting a two-day Hemp-CBD Supplement Congress in Denver, CO this August to provide critical input for companies navigating the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and financial landscapes to manufacture and market dietary supplement products with hemp or hemp-derived ingredients including cannabidiol (CBD). The event features presentations from federal officials, ...
DailyNutra Certified by Friend of the Sea for Sustainable Krill Oil Practices
Friend of the Sea has announced that it has certified DailyNutra for sustainable production of products that contain krill oil for omega-3s. With this certification, DailyNutra can display the Friend of the Sea eco-label on its krill oil products. “As the market for nutritional products embraces omega-3s, we are seeing producers step up and commit to ...
Alkemist Labs and Nutrasource Collaborate on THC Compliance Testing
Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA), a contract testing lab specializing in botanical identity and potency testing for the dietary supplement industry, and Nutrasource, a Canadian contract research organization that helps health product companies bring products to market, are preparing to launch a comprehensive third-party verification program designed to support accurate, verifiable label claims regarding the ...
Kemin Launches New Vision and Logo
Kemin Industries (Des Moines, IA) has unveiled its new global vision and logo to align the company strategically for 2042 and beyond. The new vision, “Kemin strives to sustainably transform the quality of life every day for 80 percent of the world with our products and services,” lays the groundwork for strategic growth and priorities ...
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