Quality
Sirio Europe Invests in Advanced Manufacturing & Green Technologies
Sirio Europe has announced the completion of a major overhaul of its Brandenburg, Germany site with advanced manufacturing and green technologies. The company has installed new HVAC systems, individual drying chambers, vegetarian soft gel manufacturing equipment and a block heat and power plant. The improvements were implemented as part of Sirio Europe’s continuous efforts to ...
Sourcing Quality
Nutrition Industry Executive turned to Mark LeDoux, founder, CEO and chairman of the board of directors of Carlsbad, CA-based Natural Alternatives International, and asked him the following question: In terms of quality control, what role does the contract manufacturer play, and how does this relate to responsibility for ensuring quality up and down the supply ...
Industry Roundtable: Ensuring Compliance & Improving Quality
The Participants Are: • Mariko Hill, Product Development Executive, Hong Kong, www.gencorpacific.com • Dan Lifton, President, Maypro Ventures, Purchase, NY, www.maypro.com • Roberto Pace, Vice Corporate Quality Director, Indena, Milan, Italy, www.indena.com • Andrew Shao, PhD, Interim, Senior Vice President, Scientific & Regulatory Affairs, CRN, Washington, D.C., www.crnusa.org • Gary Swanson, Senior Vice President, Quality ...
Dietary Supplement Usage Increases, Says New Survey
The latest results from an annual survey on dietary supplements reveals an all-time high for supplement usage among U.S. adults, with 76 percent reporting they consume dietary supplements, up five percentage points from last year’s results. The new survey, 2017 CRN Consumer Survey on Dietary Supplements, was commissioned by the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) ...
Kemin Launches Bakery and Snack Resource Guide
Kemin Industries (Des Moines, IA), a leading provider of shelf-life extension and food safety solutions that help manufacturers keep food and beverage products safe, high quality and appealing, has recently developed a bakery and snack resource guide. The guide illustrates key aspects of the oxidation process, including the antioxidant mode of action, to show bakery ...
NSF International Acquires DNA Testing Laboratory
NSF International (Ann Arbor, MI) has acquired AuthenTechnologies (Richmond, CA), which provides next-generation DNA-based species identification services that improve the authenticity, safety and quality of natural products, including dietary supplements, foods and other consumer products. Unlike traditional DNA barcoding, which relies on longer segments of the same DNA region for identification, AuthenTechnologies employs a highly ...
PLT Health Solutions Launches Transparency & Trust-building Initiative
PLT Health Solutions, Inc. (Morristown, NJ) announced it has launched a formal transparency and trust-building initiative for its ingredient portfolio. The initiative is designed to support emerging opportunities for food, beverage and supplement companies that can deliver assured ingredient quality, demonstrable efficacy, and clean labels in consumer products. Called PLT360, the initiative has a major ...
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