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OmniActive’s Facilities Achieve NSF-GMP Certification
OmniActive Health Technologies (Mumbai, India, and Bridgewater, NJ) has announced that both its manufacturing facilities in Pune and Hosur, India have achieved good manufacturing practice (GMP) compliance certification from NSF International. The certification was awarded under NSF/ANSI 173, Section 8, which includes requirements from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and current good manufacturing practices ...
Formulating For Quality
Here’s what formulators say about the challenges and opportunities related to bringing new products to market. The panel: Alicia Kasch, Vice President, Ribus Inc., Sparks, NV, https://ribus.com Asa Waldstein, Principal, Apex Compliance, Boulder, CO, https://apexcomplianceprogram.com Danny Hofeditz, Director, Quality & Product Innovation, Aquanova, New York, NY, https://aquanova.de Gene Bruno, DBM, Chief Scientific Officer, Nutraland USA, ...
Alan Yengoyan, President and CEO, NutriScience Innovations
At NutriScience Innovations, the company takes innovation seriously. As a leading global ingredient developer and supplier, NutriScience offers innovative ingredients based on science and efficacy. The company’s high-quality ingredients are used in the dietary supplement, nutraceutical, functional food & beverage, animal health and personal care industries. Both NutriScience’s branded and specialty ingredients provide unique formulation ...
[Extra! Extra!] The Safety and Efficacy of Q-actin
IminoTech (Carson City, NV) conducted two clinical studies demonstrating the safety and efficacy of its Q-actin ingredient. According to IminoTech President Shil Kothari, the studies employed widely accepted clinical measurement tools for joint health studies. These consist of the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) which measures joint function; the Visual Analogue Scale ...
WHO Releases Results of Hazard and Risk Assessment on Aspartame, Associations Comment
On July 14, the World Health Organization (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the WHO Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Joint Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) released results about the health impact of aspartame. The two groups within the organization have come to different conclusions, with IARC stating that aspartame is ...
Between Safe and Unsafe Is There an Optimal Middle Ground?
Safe is safe, right? And unsafe is unsafe? It seems ludicrous at first blush to think of these terms as moving targets, or that “safety is in the eye of the beholder,” or in the eye of the risk assessor. But the continuum from helpful to harmful is not a sudden deathly chasm. When asking ...
Kerry Unveils Consumer Research Confirming Growing Expectations of Food Safety
Kerry (Ireland) has released findings from its latest research on North American consumer attitudes, behaviors and purchasing choices as they relate to food safety, sustainability and preventing food waste. While consumer purchasing remains very much centered on the most basic need of nutrition, the research confirms that consumers are shopping more consciously and that they ...
Annie Eng, CEO, HP Ingredients
HP Ingredients 707 24th Ave. W. Bradenton, FL 34205 Phone: (877) 437-2234 HP Ingredients (HPI), founded in 2001, is a fast-growing, innovative nutraceutical company that brings to market standardized patented botanical extracts as well as privately funded clinical studies in collaboration with globally prestigious universities and research institutions located in Malaysia, Chile, Italy and the ...
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 ...
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) ...
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