Articles by Shari Barbanel
Wellomics Drives R&D Change
Wellomics, based in Maine, creates partnerships to accelerate the development of food supplements, functional foods, beverages and personal care products. Wellomics’ proprietary formulation technologies to maximize bioavailability and pinpoint market research to ensure brand differentiation make its products unique. “Our products combine science, technology and IT with nature to create products that impact bodies at a ...
Bergstrom Nutrition Receives New ISO 9001:2015 Certification
Bergstrom Nutrition (Vancouver, WA) has announced that it has received the new ISO 9001:2015 certification three years ahead of schedule. The ISO 9001 is the International Organization for Standardization’s (ISO) flagship quality management systems standard. The voluntary certification helps organizations demonstrate to customers that they offer products and services of consistently good quality. Companies holding ...
evoxx Technologies Launches New Website Following Merger
evoxx technologies GmbH, a German industrial biotechnology company focusing on the development and production of enzymes and novel carbohydrate ingredients produced by its patented enzymatic bioconversion platform has announced the launch of its new website—www.evoxx.com. The website offers a complete company and product overview in German with English translation. evoxx technologies, with two locations in ...
Court Finds LeanSpa Marketer Responsible for Deceptive Claims
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has upheld a lower court ruling requiring the operator of an affiliate marketing group to pay $11.9 million for its part in helping to promote LeanSpa, a deceptively marketed weight-loss supplement. In issuing its ruling, the Circuit Court found that LeadClick Media, LLC recruited affiliate marketers that used ...
Axiom Foods Expands Global Footprint to Produce Rice Bran Oil in India
Axiom Foods (Los Angeles, CA) is now expanding into India to produce hexane- and ethanol-free natural rice bran oil and a variety of for the human food and animal feed sectors, including the equine market. Axiom is known for developing a chemical-free enzymatic fractioning process of brown rice and mechanically fractioned pea protein, which were ...
FTC, USDA Set Agenda for Roundtable on Consumer Perceptions of “Organic”
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the agenda for their upcoming joint-agency roundtable on consumer perceptions of “organic” claims for non-agricultural products. The event, first announced in August, will be held in Washington, D.C., on October 20, 2016. The director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection will provide welcoming ...
Dr. Bronner’s Resigns From OTA, Announces Initiatives
Dr. Bronner’s (California) has resigned from the Organic Trade Association (OTA), citing the association’s betrayal of the consumer-led GMO (genetically modified organism) labeling movement, and general drift away from the core principles that drive the organic movement. According to the company, the OTA “compromised their initial position of opposition to the DARK Act and lent ...
Sabinsa and Chemill Reach Licensing Agreement
Sabinsa Corp. (East Windsor, NJ) and Chemill Inc. (Bothell, WA) have reached an agreement, which resolves a previous lawsuit for infringement of Sabinsa’s U.S. Patent No. 6,653,327, covering compositions and uses of turmeric-derived tetrahydrocurcuminoids. The matter has been settled on undisclosed terms. Chemill will respect the Patent as a due licensee. “We are pleased that ...
Britain’s Informa to Boost U.S. Presence with Penton Deal
British business information group Informa Plc (INF.L) said on Thursday, September 15, it had agreed to buy U.S.-based information services company Penton for $1.56 billion to expand in the United States and grow its global exhibitions business. The transaction is set to be funded by a combination of new debt and equity, including a fully underwritten ...
Industry Collaborates on Adulterated St. John’s Wort, Proposes Enhancements to Authentication
Sidney Sudberg, Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) founder and CSO, and other notable industry experts co-authored a study that identified adulterated St. John’s wort (SJW) products and recommended specific ways to improve testing of the popular herb. The study, “St. John’s Wort versus Counterfeit St. John’s Wort: An HPTLC Study,” published in the Journal of ...
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