Articles by Shari Barbanel
Industry Urges FDA to Define “Natural”
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encouraging the agency to establish, through rulemaking, a regulatory definition for the term “natural” (and possibly other terms, such as “100 percent natural” and “made with natural [named ingredient(s)]”) for the labeling of human food products, and other products ...
InstantGMP Releases Software Update
InstantGMP, Inc.’s (Cary, NC) InstantGMP MES v3.0 electronic batch record software has gone through a transformative aesthetic and functionality update that is designed to make GMP (good manufacturing practice) compliance for dietary supplement manufacturers easier. “Our work with dietary supplement producers has helped us design a much more user-friendly manufacturing system application for them, said ...
MORRE-Tec Acquires Vitacyclix
Leonard Glass, president and CEO, MORRE-Tec Industries (Union, NJ), recently announced that the company has acquired Vitacyclix, a Yonkers, NY-based company known for its quality vitamins, nutrients and bioflavonoids for fortification in food, dairy, beverage and nutritional products. Vitacyclix offers water-soluble vitamins A, D and E liquid concentrates and powders that provide significant advantages for ...
Senator Blumenthal Withdraws Amendment to Limit Military Access to Supplements
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) withdrew his amendment to the FY 2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would require supplements sold on military bases to be verified by a third-party amid strong opposition by the supplement industry. Enacted on an annual basis by Congress, NDAA legislation establishes budget and policy parameters for the Department of ...
Pulmuone Closes Asset Purchase Agreement with Vitasoy USA
Pulmuone Foods Co., Ltd. (Fullerton, CA) has announced it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Vitasoy USA Inc., which includes the NASOYA, AZUMAYA and SAN SUI brands in North America. This acquisition solidifies Pulmuone’s position as the world’s leading tofu company while strengthening its operations in South Korea, U.S., Japan ...
FDA Recognizes Canada as Having a Comparable Food Safety System to the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed an arrangement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Department of Health Canada (Health Canada) recognizing each other’s food safety systems as comparable to each other. The arrangement was signed at a meeting of the FDA-CFIA Health Canada Joint Committee on Food Safety. This is the second ...
AstaReal Withdraws From NAXA to Focus on Advanced Research
AstaReal (Burlington, NJ), a leading natural astaxanthin producer and a part of the Fuji Chemical Group of Japan, announced its amicable withdrawal from the Natural Algae Astaxanthin Association (NAXA), of which AstaReal was a founding member. NAXA was established in January 2014 for the purpose of educating consumers and industry about the important differences between ...
NPA Holds 19th Annual Natural Products Day
The Natural Products Association (NPA) hosted its members and other industry supporters from across the nation for its 19th Annual Natural Products Day (NPD) in Washington, D.C. on April 12 and 13. NPD attendees included retailers, suppliers and other industry members, who met with more than 75 members of Congress and staff to educate them ...
FDA Approves Folic Acid to be Added to Masa Flour
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided to allow manufacturers to fortify their corn masa foods with folic acid. “Folic acid is a synthetic form of folate, a B vitamin that helps prevent severe defects of the brain and spinal cord when consumed by women before and early [on] in pregnancy,” an NPR ...
AHPA Appoints Robert Wildman to Chair Sports Nutrition Committee
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) appointed Dr. Robert Wildman, chief science officer at Post Active Nutrition Brands, as the new chair of the Sports Nutrition Committee during a meeting at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, CA. Wildman succeeds Ray Jaglowski, vice president of technical and regulatory at Twinlab Corp., who chaired the committee ...
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