Articles by Shari Barbanel
BI Announces Partnership with Brenntag Food & Nutrition for Distribution in Canadian Market
BI Nutraceuticals (Rancho Dominguez, CA), a global full service manufacturer and supplier of plant based ingredients in the United States, announced its partnership with the Food & Nutrition’s experts of Brenntag Canada Inc. Brenntag Canada, a provider of high-quality ingredients, specialty products and distribution services in Canada. The partnership, which will begin on March 1, ...
FDA Announces New Attention to Dietary Supplement Regulations
FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has announced that the agency is planning “new efforts to strengthen regulation of dietary supplements by modernizing and reforming FDA’s oversight,” with a goal of implementing “one of the most significant modernizations of dietary supplement regulation and oversight in more than 25 years.” The commissioner’s ...
NPA Asks for Consistent National Standard for Plant-based Food Labeling
The Natural Products Association (NPA) recently urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to adopt a policy of enforcement discretion on standards of identity for products that use dairy names to describe plant-based products such as “soy milk” and “almond milk.” “Plant-based products, as long as they are properly qualified, like almond milk, soy ...
Algaia & Gelymar Create “Ethiquity” Business Model
Algaia, S.A. (France) has announced a new, long-term commercial and development agreement with its strategic partner, Gelymar S.A. (Chile). As of January 2019, Algaia, a global player in the field of alginate and specialty algae extracts, will not only continue to represent Gelymar in Europe for carrageenan (red seaweed extracts), but both companies have also ...
Emerald Brand Announces the Formation of the Emerald Eco-Squad
New York-based Emerald Brand, a leader in Tree-Free and Plastic-Free disposables technology, has announced the formation of its consultative Eco-Squad. Founded more than 20 years ago by Ralph Bianculli Sr., Emerald Brand’s mission has been to mainstream sustainability by delivering environmental and healthy products that are high quality and cost competitive, according to the company. ...
NSF International Unveils New Contents Certified and Certified for Sport Certification Marks
NSF International, a global public health and safety organization, has launched new product certification marks for its Contents Certified and Certified for Sport programs, with the goal of better distinguishing certified products in a way that is unique and instantly recognizable. The new marks were developed with feedback from current certified brand owners, coaches, athletes ...
CRN Announces New Chairman, 2019 Board of Directors
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) has announced that David Campbell, vice president, North America (NA) regulatory affairs and policy, RB Health, has been elected chair of the association’s Board of Directors. Campbell served on CRN’s Executive Committee for the past two years. He will hold the chairman position through 2020, succeeding Jim Hyde, vice ...
Amano Enzyme Opens Thai Office
Amano Enzyme (Elgin, IL) will be opening an office in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region, the Kingdom of Thailand, effective February 1, 2019, according to Ken Iritani, vice president, technical services, Amano Enzyme USA. Located in the Pathum Thani province, just north of Bangkok, the office will provide sales, research and development services to Southeast Asia ...
AHPA Issues Updated Slack-fill Guidance
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has updated its Slack-Fill Guidance to help the regulated supplement industry inform consumers and comply with all relevant federal requirements. This guidance was originally published in November 2016 and has been reorganized and edited for clarity, with one substantive revision in the discussion on “Label statements and fill lines” ...
ABC’s Gayle Engels to Receive Inaugural Award for Excellence in Herbal Education
The American Botanical Council’s (ABC) Special Projects Director Gayle Engels will receive The Herb Society of America’s (HSA) inaugural Madalene Hill Award for Excellence in Herbal Education at the HSA’s Educational Conference and Annual Meeting of Members in Madison, WI, in June 2019. According to the HSA, the Hill Award honors those who “have a ...
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