Supplement Owl

Guest article

New Year and a New Shot at Responsibility

14-Dec-2017 By Steve Mister, president & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)

One of the year’s highlights for me was getting to see Hamilton in New York City. (And by the way, it really was terrific—everything that I expected and more!) One of the many things that stayed with me from the show was the question “Who tells your story?”...

UL and HRG offer new options for ‘efficient and affordable’ uploading of product labels to Supplement OWL

12-Dec-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Two new options by UL and the Hamacher Resource Group (HRG) offer dietary supplement manufacturers an efficient route to upload product labels to the industry-wide, self-regulatory product label registry.

CRN board expects members to be 'substantially compliant with the OWL' by start of 2018

24-Oct-2017 By Stephen Daniells

Members of the Council for Responsible Nutrition must demonstrate a “unified commitment” to the Supplement OWL, with the organization’s Board of Directors indicating that all members must be substantially compliant by the beginning of the year.

CRN creates advisory board for Supplement OWL program

18-Oct-2017 By Adi Menayang

Trade group Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN) announced that it has created an advisory board for its Supplement Online Wellness Library (OWL) program.

The Supplement OWL seeks to improve transparency

14-Sep-2017 By Paul Bolar, VP regulatory affairs, Pharmavite

At Pharmavite, we pride ourselves in the work we do and the products we make. Since 1971, we’ve been a leader in the health and wellness industry, and, with our Nature Made brand, have earned the trust of consumers, healthcare practitioners, retailers,...

Hey Siri, tell me about self-regulation

23-Aug-2017 By Judy Blatman, senior vice president, communications, CRN

I’m often struck by how much our lives have changed now that smartphones have become such staples in modern society.

ASAE honors Supplement OWL with Power of A Silver Award

27-Jul-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) has awarded the Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) a 2017 Power of A Silver Award.

NSF International voices support for Supplement OWL

20-Jun-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The Supplement OWL will be a “valuable tool for regulators, retailers and consumers”, said Lori Bestervelt, executive VP and chief technical officer of NSF International, following her organization’s endorsement of the initiative.

Why the FDA Supplement Facts compliance extension could boost the Supplement OWL

19-Jun-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The FDA’s decision to date of compliance with the changes needed to nutrition and supplement facts panels could be a good thing for the Supplement OWL, says Steve Mister, president and CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition.

UNPA endorses the Supplement OWL

06-Jun-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The Supplement OWL is “an important and necessary first step towards transparency”, said Loren Israelsen, president of the United Natural Products Alliance (UNPA) following his organization’s endorsement of the initiative.

Herbalife's Frankos strongly behind Supplement OWL

11-May-2017 By Hank Schultz

The Supplement OWL database is receiving important support from the biggest company in the industry.

The Supplement OWL product registry goes live

27-Apr-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The Supplement OWL (Online Wellness Library) has officially gone live, with 51 Brand Names and 2,576 labels already in the product label database.

NPA urges members to ‘get on board’ with Supplement OWL

20-Apr-2017 By Stephen Daniells

The Natural Products Association (NPA) is encouraging its members to add their product labels to the growing collection of products represented in for the Supplement OWL.

The Supplement OWL takes self-regulation under its wing

07-Mar-2017 By Duffy MacKay, ND, Sr VP, scientific and regulatory affairs, CRN

I don’t speak French, but anyone who took a high school civics class is familiar with the term laissez-faire. Literally meaning “to leave alone,” it’s not always the best course of action—especially for our industry.

To prep for April public launch, Supplement OWL site gets a few tweaks

15-Feb-2017 By Adi Menayang

The Supplement Online Wellness Library (OWL) website has been updated to include easier data input instructions, streamlining the data population process for the first industry-wide registry of finished products.

Can a Registry Build Trust?

25-Jan-2017 By Steve Mister, president & CEO, CRN

Trust is a fickle thing. Just ask the political candidates in the recent election. It’s built over time and can be squandered overnight.

Rehab, a Registry, and Steady Progress: The Year that Was

12-Dec-2016 By Steve Mister, President & CEO of the Council for Responsible Nutrition

In many respects, 2016 will go down as the year that the unexpected and the improbable came to pass. For dietary supplements, however, the year was more predictable with a steady road toward rehabilitating its image tarnished from the prior year’s events...

Supplement OWL shows that there’s now a real willingness to be transparent with consumers: CRN

14-Oct-2016 By Stephen Daniells

Companies large and small have been beta-testing the CRN’s product registry – the Supplement Online Wellness Library (Supplement OWL) – and it will soon be open to all dietary supplement companies, but where are things right now and why should companies...

Companies beta-testing CRN’s dietary supplement product registry

14-Sep-2016 By Stephen Daniells

Nine companies are beta-testing the CRN’s product registry – the Supplement Online Wellness Library (Supplement OWL) – which is being developed and administered by UL.