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Associations Submit Comments on Revised NDI Draft Guidance
Some of the natural product industries’ leading associations, including the American Herbal Products Association (AHPA), Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), American Botanical Council (ABC) and Natural Products Association (NPA), recently submitted comments to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the agency’s revised New Dietary Ingredient (NDI) Draft Guidance. FDA issued on August ...
CRN: New Study Reaffirms Calcium Safety for Heart Health
In response to a study, “Calcium Intake from Diet and Supplements and the Risk of Coronary Artery Calcification and its Progression among Older Adults: 10-year Follow-up of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA),” published October 11 in the Journal of the American Heart Association, Duffy MacKay, ND, senior vice president, scientific & regulatory affairs, Council ...
CRN Attends BlogHer16, the Leading Conference for Female Bloggers
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) served as an exhibiting sponsor at #BlogHer16: Experts Among Us, the largest conference worldwide that brings together women bloggers, that took place August 4-6 in Los Angeles, CA. In addition to exhibiting at the three-day event, CRN hosted a special luncheon on August 5, entitled “Get Healthy; Get Wise,” ...
CRN-I Announces 2016 Symposium in Conjunction With Codex Meeting
The Council for Responsible Nutrition-International (CRN-I), the international arm of the U.S.-based Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), has announced its seventh annual scientific symposium, “Optimal Nutrition and the Ever-Changing Dietary Landscape,” will be held December 2 at Le Meridien Hotel in Hamburg, Germany, just prior to the Codex Committee on Nutrition and Foods for Special ...
CRN Approves of Obama’s Swift Signing of Federal GMO Labeling Bill
In response to President Obama’s July 29 signing of S.764, the “Biotech Labeling Solutions Act,” the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) issued the following statement: “We extend thanks to President Obama for his signature of S.764. This law is a constructive and practical solution for consumers seeking to educate themselves about whether food products contain ...
CRN Launches Tool to Help Industry Monitor GMP Violations
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced a free online tool that compiles FDA warning letters sent to dietary supplement companies into a searchable database to help industry achieve better regulatory compliance. The database can be used to evaluate FDA’s warning letter allegations of good manufacturing practices (GMPs) violations, products making impermissible claims, and products ...
CRN Online Tool Monitors FTC Enforcement Initiatives
Advertising claims for weight-loss supplement products feed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) with the highest settlement costs within the dietary supplement and functional food category, according to a new web-based, members-only tool from the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN, Washington, D.C.). The new online tool is a compilation of all available FTC advertising enforcement actions ...
Study Suggests Calcium Safe for Women’s Heart Health
A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study found no increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) or all-cause mortality in post-menopausal women supplementing with calcium and vitamin D. The peer-viewed scientific journal study, “The Effects of Calcium Supplementation on Verified Coronary Heart Disease Hospitalization and Death in Postmenopausal Women: A Collaborative Meta-Analysis of ...
CRN and IADSA Partner to Disseminate Supplement Safety Information
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN, Washington, D.C.) and the International Alliance of Dietary/Food Supplement Associations (IADSA, Brussels, Belgium) are partnering in a new effort to disseminate science-based information about the safety of dietary supplements and ingredients to a global audience, according to CRN. IADSA announced the release of a new edition of CRN’s handbook, ...
NDI Update
Industry offers reaction to the FDA NDI draft guidance, NDIN experiences and suggestions for proceeding until a finalized version is put forth.Since the 1994 passing of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA), the industry has had limited guidance on the statute requiring the submission of new dietary ingredient notifications (NDINs) to the U.S. ...
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