Articles by Shari Barbanel
CRN Launches Campaign to Educate Consumers on Dietary Supplement Label Changes
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced the launch of an education campaign to inform consumers of upcoming dietary supplement label changes and to encourage overall label literacy. Calling specific attention to the “Supplement Facts” label changes as mandated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA), the “Label Wise” campaign offers easy-to-understand information ...
Roquette Opens New Food Customer Technical Service Center in Singapore
Roquette has announced the opening of a Food Customer Technical Service (CTS) Center in Singapore, strengthening its position in Asia to better address nutrition and health challenges. The Food CTS Center will enable Roquette to anticipate and respond to an increasing demand for Asia-specific product applications in Food, Nutrition and Health sectors. This new facility ...
Addressing Metabolic Health
In the U.S., the amount of people that are considered to be “metabolically healthy,” is quite low. According to a study published in February 2019 in the journal Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, a person is considered to have metabolic syndrome when they have too high or too low levels of three of the five ...
DuPont Achieves Milestone to Expand Probiotics Capacity
DuPont has announced it has completed construction on a new, state-of-the art probiotics fermentation unit at its Rochester, NY facility. The unit, now largest in the world, is part of a multiphase nearly $100 million investment to expand probiotics capacity and enhance the company’s leadership in delivering high-quality, clinically documented probiotics to dietary supplement and ...
Lonza and Chr. Hansen Join to Accelerate Momentum in Microbiome
Denmark-based Chr. Hansen Holding A/S and Lonza AG have signed an agreement to establish a 50/50 joint venture to pioneer the live biotherapeutic products (LBPs) industry and position themselves as the leading contract development and manufacturing partner (CDMO) for biotech and pharma customers. The joint venture will be a 50/50 controlled legal entity that will ...
BI Announces Acquisition by Martin Bauer Group
BI Nutraceuticals (Rancho Dominguez, CA), a global full-service manufacturer and supplier of plant-based ingredients in the United States, announced its acquisition by the New Jersey-based Martin Bauer Group, a global botanical expert. Effective March 25, 2019, the partnership allows both organizations to broaden their portfolio of ingredients, while being supported by an expansive manufacturing platform. ...
FDA’s Request for Supplement Registration Doesn’t Unburden Industry, Says NPA
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently asked Congress to reject the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) budget request for a product registration system for nutritional supplements, as it’s unclear of what value is added to the agency’s mission of promoting and protecting public health. “The administration has been clear that they want to unburden ...
Dr. Aviva Romm Receives ABC Fredi Kronenberg Award
The American Botanical Council (ABC) recently presented the second annual ABC Fredi Kronenberg Award for Excellence in Research and Education in Botanicals for Women’s Health to Aviva Romm, MD, a midwife, herbalist, author and Yale-trained physician who is a recognized expert in botanical medicine. The award is named in honor of distinguished researcher, educator, and longtime ...
TraceGains Partners with Ecofibre on Hemp Standards and Compliance
TraceGains (Westminster, CO) has announced that it’s partnering with Australia-based Ecofibre to drive standards and compliance in the hemp industry. Ecofibre has distinct businesses underpinned with more than 20 years of growing and breeding experience. The company owns one of the largest and most diverse collections of genetics with more than 300 land races of cannabis ...
Ned Sharpless Named Acting FDA Commissioner
Following the resignation of Scott Gottlieb, Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD, has been named the acting commissioner of the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) by Alex Azar, the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, effective April 2019 “Dr. Sharpless’ deep scientific background and expertise will make him a strong leader for FDA,” said Azar ...
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