dietary supplements
CHPA Responds to AMA Policy Calling For Increased Regulation of Dietary Supplements
At the Special Meeting of the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates, physicians adopted new policy, which expands upon the AMA’s existing policy to call for more stringent federal regulation of dietary supplements—including increased oversight of manufacturing, marketing, product labeling and adverse event reporting. Under the new policy, the AMA strongly urges Congress to ...
NARB Recommends Church & Dwight Discontinue “Clinically Proven Absorption” Claim for Vitafusion Gummy Vitamins
A panel of the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), a division of BBB National Programs, has recommended that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (Ewing, NJ) discontinue the claim “Clinically Proven Absorption” for its Vitafusion gummy line of dietary supplements. The advertising at issue had been challenged by competitor Pharmavite LLC (West Hills, CA) before the ...
Washington, the Coronavirus and the Natural Products Industry
Business in a (temporarily) dystopian world. The Participants Are: Jim Emme, CEO, NOW Health Group, Bloomingdale, IL, www.nowfoods.com Dan Fabricant, PhD, President and CEO, Natural Products Association (NPA), Washington, D.C., www.npanational.org Loren Israelsen, President, United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA), Salt Lake City, UT, www.unpa.com Jay Jacobowitz, President & Founder, Retail Insights, Brattleboro, VT, www.retailinsights.com Mark ...
Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit Rescheduled
The 2020 Dietary Supplements Regulatory Summit (DSRS), originally set for May 27, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the same venue, the Mayflower Hotel, in Washington, D.C. All existing registrations and pricing will be honored. New, discounted hotel booking information will be forthcoming shortly. “The five trade associations hosting the summit look forward ...
NPA Offers to Assist With Production and Distribution of Medical Supplies
In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, The Natural Products Association (NPA) has offered to assist with the production and distribution of medical supplies and products during the COVID-19 crisis. “Our manufacturers and distributors have the appropriate FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration), DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) and state and local inspection requirements to ...
CRN Applauds U.K. Food Standards Agency for Clear Path Forward for CBD
On Feb. 13, the U.K. Food Standards Agency (FSA) announced it has set a deadline for CBD authentication. FSA is giving the CBD industry a deadline of March 31, 2021 to submit valid novel food authorization applications. After the deadline, only products which have submitted a valid application will be allowed to remain on the market. The ...
Industry Forecast
An expert panel discusses the latest issues affecting the nutritional ingredients industry. The Participants Are: John B. Atwater, PhD, Senior Director, Verification Programs, U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP), Rockville, MD, www.usp.org Scott Bass, Partner, Sidley Austin, New York, NY, www.sidley.com Randy Kreienbrink, Vice President of Marketing, BI Nutraceuticals, Rancho Dominguez, CA, www.botanicals.com Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, ...
The ROI of Transparency
During the past 10 years, organizational transparency has become an increasingly important idea for companies conducting business in the United States. In the world of dietary supplements, functional foods and beverages, promoting transparency is a critical component of any brand and also of ingredient suppliers. But what we have learned from our research and our ...
NSF Brings Scientific Testing, Auditing and Certification to the Hemp and CBD Industry
NSF International has announced it is providing a wide variety of independent testing, verification, auditing and certification services to manufacturers of consumer products containing hemp and hemp-derived cannabidiol (CBD). NSF subsidiary Quality Assurance International, Inc. (QAI), a USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture)-accredited organic certifier, began offering organic certification of hemp and hemp-derived CBD products last month. Hemp ...
Robinson Pharma, Inc., Receives SQF Certification
Robinson Pharma, Inc. (California) has announced that it has achieved Safe Quality Food (SQF) Certification. This means that the facilities was audited by the SQF Institute using an accredited certification process and RPI is now registered as meeting the requirements for the SQF Food Safety Code for Manufacturing, Edition 8. The SQF Certification program is ...
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