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EAS to Hold Workshop on Supplement Regulatory Strategies in E.U.
Food supplement companies that struggle to navigate the E.U. and national maze of regulations can get clear, actionable advice at the upcoming EAS Strategic Advice workshop in Brussels, Belgium. Taking place on March 17, 2015, the EAS workshop titled ‘Building Strategies for Marketing Food Supplements in the E.U.: Get prepared for a successful product launch!’ ...
Frutarom Acquires Vitiva
Frutarom Industries Ltd. (Haifa, Israel) has announced the signing of an agreement to purchase the shares of Vitiva of Slovenia for a cash payment of approximately $10 million. Vitiva specializes in the research and development, production, marketing and sales of specialty natural extracts from plants exhibiting antioxidant activity or scientifically proven health attributes backed up ...
Company Owner Pleads Guilty to Adulterating Supplements
The owner and president of a dietary supplement manufacturing company in Flanders, NJ, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in relation to a scheme in which he directed the sale of diluted and adulterated dietary ingredients and supplements sold by his company, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Barry Steinlight, 69, of Hackettstown, ...
Healthy Nation Coalition Details Persistent Failures of DGA
In an open letter to government officials, the Healthy Nation Coalition described the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) as a failed policy. The letter from concerned scientists, nutrition professionals and consumers is addressed to the Secretaries of the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services. The letter asserts that these recommendations contribute to ...
Biova Names New President, Introduces New COO
Iowa-based Biova LLC, a global leader in water soluble egg membrane (WSEM), announces new executive leadership: Matt Stegenga, current director of marketing for Biova, has been named president. He succeeds Dennis Casey, PhD, who will continue with Biova as a member of its board of directors. “With more than 10 years experience working with egg ...
Glanbia Expands Collaboration Center
Glanbia Nutritionals has nearly doubled the size of its customer-focused Collaboration Center in Twin Falls, ID, adding a new bakery lab and a culinary applications kitchen. The Glanbia Collaboration Center is a co-development and process optimization facility designed to accelerate successful product introductions for customers, from initial ideation to product completion. The first Glanbia Collaboration ...
VRM Media Acquires “Fitness Trainer” Magazine
VRM Media (East Brunswick, NJ, www.vrmmedia.com), a leading provider of business magazines, websites and e-newsletters for the health and natural products industry, has announced its acquisition of Fitness Trainer magazine from the Mallarina Sales Corporation. Fitness Trainer (fitnesstrainermag.uberflip.com/t/47105), founded in 2012 by Robert B. Rose, is a digital business magazine for personal trainers and other ...
NPA and UL Partner for Expanded Industry Education
The Natural Products Association (NPA) and UL, a leading global independent safety science company, are working together to offer increased educational opportunities to NPA members. The education provided through joint NPA and UL efforts will provide online and in-person education for NPA members. The new education partnership, which will incorporate NPA’s prestigious regulatory and compliance seminars, ...
Naturex Opens Chilean Subsidiary
Naturex (Avignon, France) is strengthening its position in Latin America in response to growing local demand for natural ingredients. Following the January 2014 acquisition of Chile Botanics and its factory in Linares, the group is now opening a sales office in Santiago, Chile. The Chilean branch provides current and future customers with the full product ...
President Obama Signs Sunscreen Innovation Act
On November 26, President Obama signed the Sunscreen Innovation Act (SIA) into law after is was passed in the House of Representatives on November 14. The bill is designed to address a regulatory backlog that is preventing U.S. consumers from having access to advanced, effective sunscreens that are widely available in the rest of the ...
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