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China International Nutrition and Health Summit
The U.S. – China Health Products Association’s (USCHPA) will host the first event of its kind drawing in both global and domestic industry leaders representing finished dietary supplements manufacturers, nutritional ingredient suppliers and service providers in November. Over 100 global companies are expected to attend the “China International Nutrition and Health Summit” to be held ...
Qualitas Partners with Lipa Pharmaceuticals For Distribution Down Under
Imperial, Texas-based Qualitas Health has finalized an exclusive distribution agreement with Lipa Pharmaceuticals (Minto, Australia) for its Almega PL omega-3 ingredient for sale to the dietary supplement industry in Australia & New Zealand. Lipa Pharmaceuticals is Australia’s leading, full service, integrated, contract manufacturer of dietary supplements and OTC pharmaceutical products with core manufacturing competencies including ...
KGK Launches New Site in U.S.
London-based KGK Synergize Inc., a contract research organization offering human clinical trials to the health nutrition industry, is launching a new site in Orlando, FL. This new site allows KGK to offer faster recruitment timelines while delivering the same quality and efficiency that its Canadian site offers, and the new site will broaden the KGK ...
Gaia Herbs Presents ID Validation Program at USP Workshop
Gaia Herbs (Brevard, NC) was the only natural products industry representative invited to present at a U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) workshop hosted last week at the agency’s national headquarters in Rockville, MD, reported the company. The event, titled “DNA Methods for Quality Control of Botanical Products,” was co-organized by several other government departments including the ...
Science Mag Rejects Dr. Bronner’s Advertorial on GMOs
As part of Dr. Bronner’s GMO labeling advocacy, just prior to the momentous vote in Oregon, the company placed an advertorial in major nationally syndicated magazines including Harper’s, Scientific American, New Yorker, The Nation, but Science magazine refused to run the ad. The advertorial discusses the rise in pesticide inputs precipitated by GMOs. “For example, the ...
Prominent Health Analyst to Speak at CRN’s Conference
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced that Susan Dentzer, analyst on Health, PBS News Hour and senior policy adviser at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will speak during the closing “Breakfast With…” session at The Conference: CRN’s Annual Symposium for the Dietary Supplement Industry. Dentzer will provide expert analysis on the current state of ...
Neptune Signs Agreement with BlueOcean Nutrascience
Canada-based Neptune Technologies & Bioresources Inc. announced the signing of an exclusive worldwide, royalty-bearing, non-transferable, license agreement with Canada-based BlueOcean Nutrascience Inc. under Neptune’s composition and extraction patents covering the production and sale of marine-derived oil products containing phospholipids. According to Neptune, the license allows BlueOcean and its shrimp joint venture affiliate to produce and ...
Vets Plus Achieves Safe Quality Food Level 3 Certification
Global animal health company Vets Plus, Inc. (Menomonie, WI) has received SQF (Safe Quality Food) Code 7.2 Level 3 certification for manufacture of dietary supplements after a rigorous audit of the manufacturing facilities for food safety and quality management systems, reported the company. This is the highest level of certification standards set by the Safe ...
NPA and AHPA Support FDA Efforts on Adulterated Dietary Supplements
The Natural Products Association (NPA) has made it very clear that it will crack down on manufacturers selling adulterated products. Daniel Fabricant, PhD, executive director and CEO, NPA, who was the former director of the Division of Dietary Supplement Programs at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), commented on a new report in The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), in which ...
Authors Retract Green Coffee Bean Diet Paper Touted by Dr. Oz
According to Retraction Watch report, two authors of a 2012 paper cited on The Dr. Oz Show, which made claims about green coffee bean extract’s abilities to help people lose weight, have retracted it. The study’s sponsors, Joe Vinson and Bryan Burnham, cannot assure the validity of the data so so they are retracting the paper, reported Retraction Watch, noting ...
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