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Alkemist Labs Alerts Industry to Alarming Number of Pesticide Test Failings for Inorganic Bromide
Shortly after Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) added pesticide testing to their suite of services in 2022, it learned that it was common for some third-party labs to leave out testing for two pesticides (inorganic bromide and dithiocarbamates) that required extra testing steps, and advised companies to make sure they were getting the full USP ...
Alkemist Alerts Industry to Potentially Incomplete Pesticide Testing
When Alkemist Labs (Garden Grove, CA) added pesticide testing to its suite of services earlier this year, the company stated it was surprised that the reports several clients had been getting revealed that pesticides testing by some third-party labs is not as comprehensive as the clients had assumed. <561> is the USP (U.S. Pharmacopeia) general ...
NJ Labs Adds ISO/IEC Accreditation With Caution
NJ Labs (New Brunswick, NJ) has earned accreditation of ISO/IEC 17025:2017 (Certificate # L21-360) from Perry Johnson Laboratory Accreditation, Inc. (PJLA), for its chemistry and microbiological laboratories. PJLA is a third-party accreditation body offering ISO 17025 to testing and calibration laboratories globally and serves the food, pharmaceutical, cannabis, environmental, medical, automotive and aerospace industries. Accreditation from PJLA ...
Dates and Comment Period for USP–NF and FCC Publications Extended
The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) is taking actions to help stakeholders currently facing numerous challenges with maintaining normal operations during, and responding to, the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. In light of these circumstances, the USP Council of Experts (CoE) has adjusted the upcoming official/effective dates for the U.S. Pharmacopeia and National Formulary (USP–NF) and Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) publications as follows: United States ...
Natural Ingredient Suppliers and Manufacturers Adjust to COVID-19 Fight
With the number of cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) growing by the day and a number of states enforcing “shelter-in-place” orders, natural product manufacturers and ingredient suppliers are adjusting their practices to meet the new realities of working during a pandemic. Guidance from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and President Trump’s declaration that workers ...
Sponsored Content: Build trust in your products and with consumers by being a quality leader
The dietary supplement industry has seen tremendous growth over the past 25 years and the global market is anticipated to reach $216 Billion by 2026. This is fueled by the fact that over seventy percent of Americans take dietary supplements. However, it is not always clear consumers can trust that what’s on their supplement label ...
Omniactive Wins Best Nutraceutical Company Award at World Quality Congress
OmniActive Health Technologies (Morristown, NJ) was presented the Best Nutraceutical Company award during the Global Awards for Excellence in Quality Management and Leadership during this year’s World Quality Congress, which took place in Mumbia, India. The World Quality Congress promotes educational opportunities in quality management principles, techniques, theories and implementations. The conference serves as a forum where ...
ExcelVite Collaborates with USP in Developing a Monograph for Carotenes
PIC/S cGMP (current good manufacturing practice)-certified palm carotene producer ExcelVite (Edison, NJ) announced that a collaboration with USP (U.S. Pharmacoepia) resulted in the publication of a new plant carotenes monograph. The new USP Carotenes monograph was a collaborative effort between ExcelVite, USP and its Non-Botanical Dietary Supplements Expert Committee. It was developed based on palm ...
CVS Launches “Tested to Be Trusted” Program for Supplements
CVS Pharmacy (Rhode Island), the retail division of CVS Health, announced the launch of “Tested to Be Trusted,” a program requiring third-party testing of all vitamins and supplements sold in-store and online to confirm the accuracy of the dietary ingredients listed on the supplement facts panel and to confirm products are free from certain additives ...
Valensa Applauds Florida’s New Requirements for Harvesting Saw Palmetto Berries
Valensa International (Eustis, FL) applauds the new rule from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), Division of Plant Industry, which requires all landowners and harvesters of saw palmetto berries to have a Native Plant Harvesting Permit as of July 17, 2018. According to Larry McCarty, head of manufacturing and supply chain at ...
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