Articles by Shari Barbanel
FDA Updates Webpages to Reduce Confusion Between Legal Supplements and Illegal Drug-Spiked Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently updated language on several pages of its website to more accurately describe illegal, drug-spike products and to remove references to these as dietary supplements after the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) requested the changes. FDA usually uses terms such as “marketed as dietary supplements” or “masquerading as ...
Deerland Enzymes Establishes Scholarship and Research Fund
Deerland Enzymes (Kennesaw, GA) has announced the establishment of the Deerland Enzymes Opportunity Scholarship and Research Support fund in partnership with Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Georgia. Deerland Enzymes established these funds with the local university in order to provide financial support to deserving and qualified students in the College of Science and Mathematics. The ...
DDW Expands Coloring Food Solutions
Kentucky-based DDW, The Color House, recently acquired the KleurCraft portfolio of coloring foods, custom formulations and related technology from SVZ International B.V. The accord enables DDW—a global manufacturer of natural colors, caramel colors and burnt sugars—to expand in the thriving ingredient segment of coloring foods. The acquisition strengthens DDW’s solutions across multiple hues for customers. ...
FDA Determines GE Salmon Safe
“After an exhaustive and rigorous scientific review, FDA [Food and Drug Administration] has arrived at the decision that AquAdvantage salmon is as safe to eat as any non-genetically engineered (GE) Atlantic salmon, and also as nutritious,” the FDA report stated. The FDA scientists evaluated data submitted by the manufacturer, AquaBounty Technologies, and other peer-reviewed data, ...
NPA Welcomes FDA Process to Define “Natural”
The Natural Products Association (NPA) responded to recent steps taken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define the term “natural” on food labels. “It’s about time that natural be defined by experts and no Madison Avenue ad executives,” said Dan Fabricant, PhD, executive director and CEO of the NPA. “NPA strongly supports ...
Lipogen Builds Phospholipids R&D Center
Lipogen Ltd. (Haifa, Israel) is expanding its production facilities and building a new phospholipids research and development center in response to a rapid jump in sales of brain and stress health solutions in Q1-Q3 2015. Lipogen invested $2.6 million (U.S.) in building two additional production lines for PhosphatidylSerine (PS) and Phosphatidic Acid (PA). The company ...
DOJ Announces Supplement Sweep – CRN, NPA and AHPA Express Support
On Tuesday, November 17, Ben Mizer, principal deputy assistant attorney general for the Civil Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ), revealed the government’s plan for a sweep of actions targeting unlawful dietary supplement makers and marketers. “We are here today to explain the critical steps the federal government is taking to stem the tide ...
Food Fraud and Supplement Adulteration Focus of USP Education Events
Food fraud and economically motivated adulteration (EMA) are major threats to the integrity of the nation’s food supply, the dietary supplement industry and public health. The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was created in part to address these issues. FSMA now requires food (including dietary ingredient) manufacturers to develop a Food Safety Plan and to identify ...
Alkemist Labs to Offer Next Generation Sequencing DNA Testing
Beginning in early 2016, Alkemist Labs (Costa Mesa, CA) will include Next Generation DNA Sequencing in the arsenal of testing capabilities the company offers clients. “Adding DNA analysis to our testing capabilities once the technology evolved more has been in the plans since my father and I started building our herbarium almost 20 years ago,” ...
USP Launches New GMP Audit Certification
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) has announced it is expanding its verification services to include a new good manufacturing practice (GMP) audit program for dietary supplement and dietary ingredient manufacturers. Officially launched on October 22 during a reception at the Council for Responsible Nutrition’s (CRN) annual conference for the dietary supplement industry in Palm Springs, ...
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