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AHPA Recommends FDA Implement Policies to Support Responsible Innovation
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted extensive and specific policy recommendations on July 15 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to support responsible dietary supplement innovation while preserving and strengthening FDA’s ability to efficiently and effectively protect the public from unsafe and unlawful products. AHPA submitted these recommendations to FDA in response to an ...
The Ongoing Development of Vitamins & Minerals
Natural and plant-based sources of vitamins and minerals for use in finished products, along with substantial research in the field, is on the up-and-up. From a general perspective, the National Institute on Aging (NIH) has a section on its website in which it describes the various functions of the 13 essential vitamins—helping the body get ...
BI Announces Partnership with Brenntag Food & Nutrition for Distribution in Canadian Market
BI Nutraceuticals (Rancho Dominguez, CA), a global full service manufacturer and supplier of plant based ingredients in the United States, announced its partnership with the Food & Nutrition’s experts of Brenntag Canada Inc. Brenntag Canada, a provider of high-quality ingredients, specialty products and distribution services in Canada. The partnership, which will begin on March 1, ...
Nestlé Extends Consumer Health Care Portfolio by Acquiring Atrium Innovations
On December 5, Nestlé announced that it agreed to acquire privately held Atrium Innovations, a global leader in nutritional health products, from a group of investors led by Permira Funds for $2.3 billion in cash. Atrium’s 2017 sales are expected to reach almost $700 million. The move supports Nestlé’s pursuit of growth opportunities in consumer health ...
Industry Urges FDA to Define “Natural”
The American Herbal Products Association (AHPA) submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encouraging the agency to establish, through rulemaking, a regulatory definition for the term “natural” (and possibly other terms, such as “100 percent natural” and “made with natural [named ingredient(s)]”) for the labeling of human food products, and other products ...
Organic & Natural Health Scraps Natural Label at Conference
The Organic & Natural Health Association (Organic & Natural Health) hosted its first national conference January 26-27, at the Westin Cape Coral Resort at Marina Village in Florida. Thirty-five leaders in the natural products industry and members of Organic & Natural attended. Karen Howard, Organic & Natural Health’s CEO and executive director, announced the board’s ...
NPA Welcomes FDA Process to Define “Natural”
The Natural Products Association (NPA) responded to recent steps taken by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to define the term “natural” on food labels. “It’s about time that natural be defined by experts and no Madison Avenue ad executives,” said Dan Fabricant, PhD, executive director and CEO of the NPA. “NPA strongly supports ...
Healthy and Amazing Aging
Wellness, science and technology are merging and becoming a mainstream way to deliver dramatic improvements for healthy aging and longevity. As indicated by the tale of Ponce de Leon searching for the fountain of youth, to the recent fascination with the secrets from the “Blue Zones,” a demographic and/or geographic area of the world where ...
New Beginnings For A Growing Market
Antioxidant sales are higher than ever as new sources are utilized and delivery methods reconceived.The market for antioxidants is fast expanding as consumers strive to slow the aging process and improve their health. According to a recent Food Marketing Institute survey, antioxidants are already among the top five health components U.S. consumers want in their ...
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