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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) ...
Ingredion Manufacturing Facilities Win Safety Awards
Ingredion Incorporated (Westchester, IL), a global provider of ingredient solutions to diversified industries, recently announced that the Corn Refiners Association (CRA) for achievements has recognized four of its U.S. manufacturing facilities in workplace safety. Two facilities, in Bedford Park, IL, and in Indianapolis, IN, received the Incident Rate Excellence Award, the association’s highest award for ...
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 ...
Ensuring Safety and Trust For Weight-loss Supplements
To help ensure efficacy and safety of weight-loss ingredients, in general the suppliers may follow the rule of traceable and socially and environmentally responsible products, said Vladimir Badmaev, MD, PhD, CEO, American Medical Holdings, in New York. “The objective of a traceable nutritional product is to deliver to the end user a product that consistently ...
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