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Bioenergy Life Science Mourns the Loss of President Thomas VonderBrink
The president of Bioenergy Life Science (BLS, Ham Lake, MN), Thomas VonderBrink, 65, died July 5 after a lengthy illness. A trusted industry expert, VonderBrink joined BLS in January 2000, bringing vast experience in clinical nutrition, pharmaceutical product development, sales, marketing and management. Leo Zhang, chairman and CEO of BLS, noted VonderBrink had the admirable ...
Senators Encourage Colleagues to Co-Sponsor Designer Anabolic Steroid Act
Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) have issued a Senate “Dear Colleague” letter encouraging their colleagues to co-sponsor the recently introduced Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act (DASCA) 0f 2014. The bill would empower the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with new tools to identify and quickly respond when new designer anabolic steroids are introduced and falsely ...
CRN President Commits to Combat Deceptive Advertising of Weight Loss Products
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) reacted to Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill’s grilling on Capitol Hill of Dr. Oz for not being responsible and for cheapening his show by promoting weight loss products. Speaking at the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety and Insurance hearing “Protecting Consumers ...
New Adulterant Found in Chondroitin
Zero One, also known as Z1, has been identified as sodium hexametaphosphate, a new adulterant found in chondroitin, according to a group of top U.S. scientists. First found in 2013 by Aishan Li, director of research and development and quality control of Meitek Technology, the new adulterant Z1 posed no health risk. However, research concludes further ...
New FDA Inspection Tips from AHPA
The American Herbal Products Association’s (AHPA) teleseminar played a large role in helping the dietary supplement industry recognize and observe good manufacturing practices. The two-hour teleseminar, held in the middle of May, had industry legal experts, including Justin Prochnow, Esq, Marc Ullman, Esq and Ashish R. Talati, Esq provide pertinent tips on U.S. Food and ...
Report Says China’s “Blue Hat” Registrations Costing U.S. Dietary Supplement Industry
Costing as much as $100,000 per product, China’s new “blue hat” registrations are continuing to gain attention in the dietary supplement industry’s regulatory sector. According to the U.S. – China Health Products Association, registration agents are typically hired to assist in navigating the process and keep the procedure moving forward, which can take up to ...
NPA Adds Another to List of Top Employees
Immediately following the hire of Daniel Fabricant, PhD, as CEO, the Natural Products Association (NPA) has brought on Corey Hilmas, MD, PhD, as the new senior vice president of scientific and regulatory affairs. Hilmas served the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for two years as the chief of the Dietary Supplement Regulation Implementation Branch ...
AstaReal Triples Astaxanthin Production Capacity with New Factory
AstaReal Technologies, Inc. opened a new production facility in Washington that is expected to begin production of natural astaxanthin by July. The 59,000-square-foot facility, located in Moses Lake, WA, is expected to employ about 45 people and will more than triple AstraReal Group’s total production capacity. A ribbon cutting ceremony was attended by about 200 ...
AHPA Launches Free Botanical References Compendium
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) has launched the AHPA Botanical Identity References Compendium as a resource for manufacturers and researchers to identify botanical ingredients. The AHPA Compendium is a cooperative and centralized source of information on physical characteristics and test methods that can be used by qualified and experienced analysts to determine the identity ...
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